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		<title>Plastic Bags Banned on All Hawaiian Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BANS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic Bags Banned Statewide &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 14, 2012 (ENS) &#8211; Hawaii has just become the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic shopping bags. While no law has yet been passed on the state level, each of the counties in the state has now enacted its own plastic bag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SeaWorld Parks Eliminates Plastic Bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Largest Theme Park Operator to Ban Plastic Bags &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report Orlando, Fla. (April 25, 2012) – Paper or plastic? Soon there will be just one choice at the 10 theme parks of SeaWorld Parks &#038; Entertainment &#8212; paper &#8212; as the company eliminates plastic shopping bags within the next year. SeaWorld Parks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Environmentalists Urge Ban on Free Plastic Bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free plastic bags]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recycled plastic bottles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reusable Bags Made of Recycled Plastic Bottles &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report LISBON, Portugal, May 10, 2012 (ENS) &#8211; Grocery shoppers in Portugal now can choose to buy a new kind of reuseable bag made from recycled plastic bottles. But the environmental association Quercus wants the country to go a big step further and ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/illinois-plastic-bag-and-film-recycling-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PACKAGING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic Bag Regulation by Producer Responsibility &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report A bill in the Illinois State Legislature this session, if passed, would create the Illinois Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act. If the bill becomes law, plastic bag manufacturers would have to meet several requirements in order to do business in the state of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rye, NY Plastic Bag Ban Begins</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/rye-ny-plastic-bag-ban-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rye, NY Plastic Bag Ban &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report May 7, 2012 (PBBR) &#8211; An ordinance passed in December, 2011 takes effect today in Rye, New York. The City of Rye, New York added Chapter 154 Retail Checkout Bags to the City Code for the purpose of banning the use of plastic bags for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chirping Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 05:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ocean Debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic pollution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chirping Bird &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report In 1937, Britain’s Winston Churchill was ‘chirping’ incessantly like a bird about the territorial threats of Adolf Hitler and the potential of an upcoming war but the world was asleep and the messenger disparaged as a war- monger. The consequences of national slumber were devastating. Had people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Green Plants Into Greener Plastics</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/turning-green-plants-into-greener-plastics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioplastics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green Plastics &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report NEWARK, Delaware, May 3, 2012 (ENS) &#8211; A team of chemical engineers has discovered a new way to make plastic bottles and food packaging from plants rather than from petroleum. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Delaware announced Monday that they have developed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awash in Plastic Bags, Ho Chi Minh City Tries a Tax</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/awash-in-plastic-bags-ho-chi-minh-city-tries-a-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Viet Nam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag habit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[60 Metric Tonnes of Plastic Bags Every Day &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 1, 2012 (ENS) &#8211; The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Vietnam&#8217;s largest city has again proposed banning free carry-out plastic bags. The nine million people in Ho Chi Minh City throw away 60 metric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Great Recycle&#8217; Debuts in Times Square</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/the-great-recycle-debuts-in-times-square/</link>
		<comments>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/the-great-recycle-debuts-in-times-square/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unbottled Planet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, New York, April 25, 2012 (ENS) &#8211; In support of New York City&#8217;s pledge to double recycle efforts by 2017, a national crowd-source recycling initiative, The Great Recycle, will open in Times Square on Monday, April 30. The campaign&#8217;s first goal is to recycle more than 45,000 plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silicon Valley Cities Plan Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/silicon-valley-cities-plan-single-use-carryout-bag-ordinance/</link>
		<comments>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/silicon-valley-cities-plan-single-use-carryout-bag-ordinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PROPOSED BANS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paper bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[24 Cities Join To Ban Bags &#124; Plastic Bag Ban Report Menlo Park, CA – Menlo Park and 24 other cities in the Silicon Valley have joined San Mateo County’s effort to begin the process of regulating single use carryout bags at retail establishments. The policy aims to encourage the use of reusable bags for [...]]]></description>
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