And according to Reusablebags.com, only 1 percent to 3 percent of plastic bags ever get recycled.
But unpaid invoices for are an added uncertainty for the business supplying the plastic bags.
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Plastic bags are banned to prevent litter, and modern hotel rooms are in limited supply.
But plastic bags, which emit gasses that tend to discolor clothes, aren't for storage over time.
Is the government trying to wriggle out of a commitment on charging for throw-away plastic bags?
He insisted on carrying her plastic bags to the door of the basement apartment.
Littering and excessive use of plastic bags is one of Jordan's most visible environmental problems.
Plastic bags are made of polyethylene, derived from petrol and take 1, 000 years to decompose.
It's plastic bags, now banned to protect the environment and the lives of animals and fish.
They go diving in waters alive with coral fishes but thick with plastic bags.
Great: but what is the cost of collecting enough used plastic bags to make 1, 000 tonnes?
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Several other countries including China have banned plastic bags or instituted fees for single-use bags.
Just drop me into one of those black plastic bags and leave me by the trash can.
At the Nashville Farmers Market, shopper Susan Johnson walks with her plastic bags full of ripe produce.
That is why dog-loving Frenchmen let their pets soil the pavements, while dog-loving Americans carry plastic bags.
What look like supersize bento boxes contain neatly packaged plastic bags of bolts, clips and other hardware.
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In their daily shopping, the good burghers of Freiburg are happy to reuse plastic bags again and again.
The small, walled compound looked neglected, with patches of overgrown grass strewn with old bottles and plastic bags.
The Scottish government will seek the public's views on how best to encourage people to re-use plastic bags.
He said went up to the flat and saw a body wrapped in plastic bags and bed linen.
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The room also contained a box of plastic bags, scales and a saw blade which bore traces of amphetamine.
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He says that despite the ban, some hawkers continue to secretly sell plastic bags, hiding them in their pockets.
Most stations still have plastic bags wrapped around their nozzles, now the universal symbol for empty in this city.
Her body, covered by plastic bags and a quilt cover, was found by a man out walking his dog.
The divers seal them in heavy duty plastic bags and, once on shore, take the nets to a landfill.
Diverting waste, especially plastic bags, from landfills is a win-win situation for everyone.
They use containers to place plastic bags of milk into and simply cut the corner off to pour out.
It's fine to store your clothes in plastic bags for travel to keep them from wrinkling in your luggage.
More generally, people are finding an awful lot more of plastic bags shoved through their door from collection services.
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In 2008 the Ugandan government announced that it was considering a ban on the use of polythene plastic bags.
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