For now, a spokesman says their first priority is to get reusable bags to low income residents and seniors. The Office of Tax and Revenue says we'll know how much businesses collected in January, the first month of the bag tax, by the end of March ...
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Snowstorms Triple Trash in Anacostia River – Myfoxdc.com
Paper, plastic or none at all – Honolulu Advertiser
The state Senate recently approved a bill that would prohibit businesses large and small from providing customers single-use plastic bags at the point of sale.
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Nickel bag fee irks shoppers in D.C. – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
While one major city, San Francisco, has banned plastic bags, Washington’s law is the first of its kind in the United States. It is being carefully watched by activists who hope that one strong success will prove the tipping point for a program ...
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Canadian snowboarder Loo supported by grocers – CBC Olympics
VANCOUVER — The Canadian snowboarder Alexa Loo will compete in the parallel giant slalom Friday at Cypress Mountain.
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Wyckoff calls on volunteers to ‘Tidy Up’ the town – NorthJersey.com
Last year, 265 volunteers of all ages scoured the township and filled bags with hundreds of pounds of discarded materials.
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D.C. posts new regulations to clarify bag tax – Washington Post
The D.C. Department of the Environment published new regulations Friday clarifying which retail stores have to charge the 5-cent tax on plastic bags and how the city will enforce the law
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D.C. seeks to clarify bag tax regulations – Washington Post
The D.C. Department of the Environment published new regulations Friday clarifying which retail stores have to charge the 5-cent tax on plastic bags, and how the city would enforce the new law. The tax, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is ...
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Senate committee considers ban on plastic bags – Statesman Journal
Although the bill's chances are uncertain during a one-month session, lawmakers are giving serious thought to making Oregon the first state to ban single-use plastic bags at checkout counters. Environmentalists supported and industry groups opposed ...
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Planting seeds on Maui – Maui News
KAHULUI - The grand opening is still three weeks away, but the shelves at the first Whole Foods Market on Maui are beginning to fill up. The wall murals by Maui artist Lanakila Kelliher are finished in the old Star Markets at the Maui Mall, but ...
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Teen to battle for ‘Best Bagger’ – madison
Claire Dittman is the first to admit she's not the fastest grocery bagger in the world. But she performs the task efficiently enough that she earned herself a trip to Las Vegas.
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