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Single-use bag ban is a win-win option – Honolulu Advertiser

March 12, 2010
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Plastic bags are like toxic tumbleweeds, and our Island breezes blow them out to sea.
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School, store join to help shoppers go green – Batavia Sun

March 12, 2010
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... every week, and we collect hundreds of plastic bags that are made into other things.
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Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendar – Seacoast Online

March 12, 2010
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n exeter area chamber of commerce china trip: Will be held March 12, 13 and 14. The trip is open to the public at $1,999 per person and includes transportation to and from JFK Airport, hotel stays, three meals daily, English-speaking tour guides ...
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5-cent bag fee would benefit the bay – Delmarva Now

March 12, 2010
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ANNAPOLIS -- The General Assembly has been reluctant to raise taxes in an election year, but 39 legislators across both chambers are cosponsoring an act that would place a 5-cent tax on disposable carryout bags. The Chesapeake Bay Restoration ...
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Cleaner, greener college living – KCBA

March 12, 2010
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When you shop for food, clothes or whatever, bring a reusable shopping bag instead of taking the plastic ones that stores give away so freely.
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Pacific Grove chamber honors Offset Project’s Kristin … – Monterey County Herald

March 12, 2010
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A nonprofit agency that strives to protect the environment is being honored today by what might seem an unlikely source — the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.
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Shop Around: Daughter’s got a brand new bag – The State

March 12, 2010
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Kristen Brown's father revolutionized the grocery industry with the plastic bags he invented in the 1970s. Now, Brown said, it's time for the second generation. The Pawleys Island environmental consultant has invented four reusable bags designed to ...
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BagButton Announces Re-Designed Space Saving Vacuum … – PRLog (free press release)

March 12, 2010
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BagButton has improved the concept of space saving bags, to include the use of plastic garbage bags.
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Compressed Air Australia supplies EXAIR Heavy Duty Dry … – Australian Mining

March 12, 2010
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Surrounding air is kept clean by the 0.1 micron filter bag that traps particles when vacuuming dusty materials. The Heavy Duty Dry Vac System comes complete with a lever lock drum lid, shutoff valve, reusable filter bag, three metre polyethylene ...
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WITH PHOTO NO PHOTO – Gainesville Sun

March 12, 2010
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Small lifestyle adjustments such as recycling, shopping with reusable bags and unplugging appliances when they are not in use are convenient ways to begin conservation practices, Pennington said. UF already has dedicated itself to moving in a greener ...
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