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4. I'm old enough to remember

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 12:10 AM

Aug 2018

when we thought plastic bags were more environmentally friendly than paper bags. Too bad we didn't think farther ahead.

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Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban plastic bags [View all] Equinox Moon Aug 2018 OP

Good for them dbackjon Aug 2018 #1

I wish the US would ban them and single use plastic bottles. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #3

They did and they taste better radical noodle Aug 2018 #5

I sometimes believe they stopped using glass bottles radical noodle Aug 2018 #7

Yep. It's about money. Harker Aug 2018 #10

It's all about weight jmowreader Aug 2018 #15

That's right.... paleotn Aug 2018 #9

I'm old enough to remember radical noodle Aug 2018 #4

This sourced article does not support premise. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #12

That may all be true radical noodle Aug 2018 #14

At the time it was about saving forests radical noodle Aug 2018 #13