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Baltimore Panel OKs Partial Ban on Plastic Bags

3/18/2010

Merchants would have to encourage recycling, keep a tally.


After years of debating whether to ban disposable plastic store bags or slap a fee on them, the Baltimore City Council appears poised now to try fighting the city's litter problem with half a ban.

Under a bill endorsed by a council committee Tuesday, food sellers would be given a choice of offering only paper bags or encouraging their customers to cut back on or recycle the plastic ones.

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