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...bane of the environmentalist movement is neither a steam-belching factory nor a gas-guzzling pickup truck, but an item whose overwhelming prevalence in the world makes its elimination a daunting task: the dreaded plastic...
...There is a glut of existing bags in the city of Boston,” said City Councilman Robert Consalvo, who filed a proposal that would curb plastic bag use in the city...
Most of the trash in the river—plastic and Styrofoam—is removed relatively easily, which bodes well for future Charles River racing prospects, according to McNichol...
...dominant coffee cup is Dunkin’ Donuts, except for the week after the Head of the Charles, and it’s Starbucks. The dominant plastic bag is CVS, and we get lots of water bottles, juice bottles,” he said...
...Even those in China who do have plastic rarely use it to buy much. Less than 50% report using it to purchase anything, and most who do spend less than $1,000 a year, an amount many Westerners can blow through in a week. China's is still largely a culture of savings. Retail sales grew about 12% last year to $800 billion, but studies show that households generally sock away a quarter of their total income, and spend almost the same proportion on food. It may be hard to believe after a day shopping in Shenzhen, but despite having...