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		<title>Plastic Control Bill Passed In East African Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[East African Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Passed In House February 3, 2012 &#8212; The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), the legislative organ of the East African Community (EAC), passed the EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2011 in the House. If the EAC Heads of State assent to the bill, it will become an Act of the Community. Amendments that sailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polystyrene Bill In Massachusetts Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prohibiting Polystyrene Containers February 2, 2012 &#8212; A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature that, if passed, would allow cities or towns to ban the sale and use of polystyrene containers. Polystyrene containers are the foam containers used by most restaurants and food stores to package carry-out food and beverages. Filed by Senator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharamsala, India Plastic Bag Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dharamsala]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wendy Pabian A few weeks ago, I received an email from a lady telling me that she had just gotten back from Dharamsala, India. She said that they had banned plastic bags and that I should write about it. Wendy spent the months of August, September and October of 2011 in and around Dharamsala and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phuket Plastic Bag Free Campaign 2nd MoU</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/phuket-plastic-bag-free-campaign-2nd-mou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Phuket provincial government announced on January 27th that its Plastic Bag Free Campaign will begin on February 27th. According to the Phuket Gazette, a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed and retailers will begin handing out reusable cloth bags. See the story at Phuket Gazette. In 2004, plastics were the third largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Join Plastic Bag Free Village Campaign</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/students-join-plastic-bag-free-village-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StudentWorx]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag free]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note:  This was so good, I had to share it.  Teaching students at an early age about plastic pollution is so important! >> Republished from Weedon Bec Parish Council Plastic Bag Free Village News:  School Pupils join the campaign Emilys poster Pupils at Weedon Bec Primary School have been busy learning about the Plastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Austin Holds Public Forum On Plastic Bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastic bags]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, January 30, 2012 &#8211; The city of Austin, Texas held a public forum on the issue of banning plastic and paper bags tonight. Entitled, Interactive Forum on the Future of Plastic and Paper Bags in Austin, the program itinerary included presentations, a poll, a question and answer session, and finally, a public comment session. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Ireland Places Levy On Single-Use Carrier Bags</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/northern-ireland-places-levy-on-single-use-carrier-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/northern-ireland-places-levy-on-single-use-carrier-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carrier bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 30, 2012 &#8211; Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood announced today that a levy will be placed on single-use carrier bags starting in April, 2013. The initial levy will be five pence, increasing to ten pence in April, 2014. Northern Ireland uses approximately 250 million carrier bags each year.(1) The levy is expected to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport, Connecticut Retail Checkout Bag Ordinance</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/westport-connecticut-retail-checkout-bag-ordinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation & Ordinances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[checkout bag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Town of Westport, CT passed an ordinance on September 2, 2008, with the most extensive ban on plastic bags in the U.S. Since then, through sharing documents and guidance, the sponsors of the ordinance have been assisting many other communities in their efforts to ban plastic bags. Indeed, Rye, New York passed an ordinance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Washington Legislature Gets Two Plastic Bag Bills Reintroduced</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/2012-washington-legislature-gets-two-plastic-bag-bills-reintroduced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bag ban bills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 15, 2012:  Two sponsors of plastic bag ban bills in the 2011 Session of the Washington State Legislature has introduced those same bills again this year. HB1877 and SB5780, both bills to ban plastic bags and promote reusable bags at retail checkouts, were introduced last year and both failed to pass. HB 1877 requires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alameda County, California Bans Plastic Bags</title>
		<link>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/alameda-county-california-bans-plastic-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://plasticbagbanreport.com/alameda-county-california-bans-plastic-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BANS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of January 1st, 2013, packaged food retailers will be prohibited from distributing single-use plastic carryout bags in Alameda County, California. The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) adopted the Single-Use Bag Reduction Ordinance on January 25th. The ordinance bans single-use plastic bags at check out at retailers throughout the county that sell packaged food. [...]]]></description>
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