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06/06/2008
1:39pm
Mateo

some additional facts i read on Fortune (issue may 12, 2008)
- the size of the US plastic bag industry is estimated at $4 billion/year
- 28 cities in the US ave proposed laws restricting the use of plastic bags
- Bangladesh and Taiwan have banned plastic bags!
- San Francisco now requires retailers with revenues over $2 million to offer only compostable or reusable bags
- 2% of plastic bags used in the US were recycled in 2006 according to the American Chemistry Council.

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