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Every 16 hours, Americans throw away enough plastic to fill the country’s largest football stadium to the brim. There’s no doubt about it: The plastic waste problem is huge. In response, the plastic ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bel Air grocery store in the Pocket sells its own reusable bags for 10 cents. As of Jan. 1, the city of Sacramento bans ...

The Bel Air grocery store in the Pocket sells its own reusable bags for 10 cents. As of Jan. 1, the city of Sacramento bans grocery stores, large pharmacies and convenience stores from offering single ...

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Plastic production is a massive source of greenhouse-gas emissions. I remember using a princess toothbrush when I was little. The handle was purple, teal, and sparkly. Like most of the other pieces of ...

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