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Environment & Energy

Rhiannon12866

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4. Here in New York we may not get plastic shopping bags, but everything is sold in plastic!

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 10:23 PM

Sep 2024

Vegetables come in plastic bags or wrappers, baked goods come in plastic boxes, fruit also comes in plastic bags, meats are wrapped in plastic, deli goods come in plastic containers and even paper products are wrapped in plastic!

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California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 OP

It's about time HarryM Sep 2024 #1

Bravo Gov Newsome and Senator Blakespear Beringia Sep 2024 #2

NY banned them in time for COVID-19 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #3

Here in New York we may not get plastic shopping bags, but everything is sold in plastic! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2024 #4

I take my plastic packaging to the collection box in the store OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #5

I'm not aware that we have that here (Northeast, south of Lake George, not far from Vermont) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2024 #6

I could be wrong, but I believe it's a state-wide requirement OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #7