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plastic bag ban

March 9, 2020
Posted inEconomy

State quietly restores plastic bag bans 

Avatar photo by Shira Schoenberg July 13, 2020July 14, 2020

ON FRIDAY NIGHT — a time often reserved for releasing bad or controversial news — the Department of Public Health quietly lifted the state’s ban on reusable bags in grocery stores and allowed 139 city and town plastic bag bans to go back into effect.  As of Monday, the stealthy move had been so effective many businesses […]

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