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Unveiling a Plastic Bag Ban in Mexico City
Standard plastic shopping bags were officially outlawed in Mexico City this week, but you wouldn’t know from the check-out line at the supermarket.
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Delhi Plastic Bag Ban Survives, Despite Obstacles
A worldwide wave to ban those ugly, ubiquitous plastic shopping bags began as early as 2003 in Ireland, and swept the planet over the course of the next five years, infecting countries from the U.K. to China, and cities as widely separated as San Francisco and Melbourne.
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Promoting a clean environment while conserving traditional skills and improving local livelihoods
Uganda joined her neighbors in the East African community in banning a material that has wreaked havoc on the environment.
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ChicoBag by The ChicoBag Company
Foldable and reusable shopping bags.
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I'm Not A Plastic Bag by Anya Hindmarch
Cotton Tote by Designer, Anya Hindmarch.
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Local City Rankings Article
Oakland, CA: Stepping out of the Shadows
Residents of the ethnically diverse port city of Oakland enjoy sunny days, clean air (thanks to Pacific breezes), locally-produced food, and public transportation ridership of over 20 percent. Since Mayor Ron Dellums took office in January of 2007, the city has also adopted a "Zero Waste by 2020" plan, launched an "Oil Independence Oakland by 2020" task force, and banned plastic bags and styrofoam takeout containers.
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