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New York City and the Plastic Bag Debate
by Kimberly Stempien New York City’s OneNYC plan includes a commitment to send zero waste to landfills by 2030. It’s an ambitious goal, and to see it achieved, plastics must be greatly reduced in the waste stream. In late 2016, the city council approved a bill to implement a plastic bag fee. Described…