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State legislature considers bills banning plastic bags

There are several bills in the New Jersey legislature looking to ban plastic bags like the ones used at grocery stores. Environmentalists have long opposed plastic bags, which are not bio-degradable.

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Aug 29, 2012, 7:35 AM

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