A customer exits a supermarket with paper bags after shopping in New York City, New York on March 1, 2020. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images
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A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions.
The report, “Plastic Bag Bans Work”, found that bans in three states — New Jersey, Philadelphia and Vermont…
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