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Woman dragged under truck by bags A woman is injured by a truck after her shopping bags are caught in the wheels. www.bbc.co.uk
L.A. bans plastic shopping bags The Los Angeles City Council has voted overwhelmingly to ban plastic shopping bags, the largest U.S. city to do so. content.usatoday.com
LA approves ban on plastic shopping bags Los Angeles on Wednesday became the largest city in the US to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags. www.perthnow.com.au
Los Angeles approves ban on plastic shopping bags Los Angeles today became the largest city in the country to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags. www.southcoasttoday.com
L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping. The City Council... latimesblogs.latimes.com
Green shopping bags linked to stomach flu An entire girl's soccer team was infected with an outbreak of norovirus. The source: a reusable grocery bag that they ate cookies from. www.zdnet.com
NB Liquor sacks shopping bag fee that raised thousands for anti-drunk driving charity New Brunswick’s Crown liquor corporation will eliminate a fee for shopping bags that went to environmental and anti-drunk driving charities. news.nationalpost.com
Hawaii Bans Plastic Shopping Bags Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Perhaps because of their proximity to what has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Hawaiians have voted to ban the use of plastic shopping bags throughout the state by 2015. This month, Honolulu County became the final county in the island state to ban the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags at shopping centers. Voters also approved the ban of paper bags ... www.redorbit.com
Mendocino County bans plastic shopping bags Mendocino County supervisors on Monday unanimously approved a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags. www.pressdemocrat.com
SeaWorld theme parks to get rid of plastic shopping bags SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will eliminate plastic shopping bags at all of its theme parks, a move the company says will keep an estimated 4 million bags a year from ending up in landfills as garbage or in the environment as litter. orlando.feedsportal.com
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