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Re:Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean ... by robin_reala on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:47PM (#17067006)
Maybe in the US. In most of Europe there’s a minimal fee associated with getting a plastic bag with your shopping now.
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Re:Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean ... by ksenzee on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:51PM (#17067047)
Much of the US is like that too.
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Re:Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean ... by pathseeker on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:58PM (#17067127)
You haven't seen much of the US.

Even in the bay area the stores in Milpitas were handing them out (~4 years ago now).

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Re:Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean ... by SllX on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:28PM (#17068100)
Up until recently it was a County/City issue across California, cities and counties instituted their own bans, but not universally.

Now there is a statewide ban on plastic bags, and a fee charged for paper bags.

Not going to speak to the rest of the US, but as I understand it, many States are in the same phase as California was with the local bans.

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