{"id":28565,"date":"2014-04-05T08:37:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T08:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=28565"},"modified":"2014-04-05T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T08:37:06","slug":"nyc-turns-face-away-plastic-bags-10-cent-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/other-stuff\/nyc-turns-face-away-plastic-bags-10-cent-fee.php","title":{"rendered":"NYC turns its face away from plastic bags with a 10-cent fee"},"content":{"rendered":"
Soon, New Yorkers will need to shell cash to have their groceries packed in plastic bags. The NYC City Council recently introduced a proposal to kick off a 10-cent fee on plastic bags. Simply put, shoppers at supermarkets, bodegas, drug stores and the like will need to shell out a few extra cents for a plastic bag. The move hopes to encourage citizens to begin using reusable and recyclable bags instead of plastic bags.
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\nWith this move, the NYC City Council envisions a future where clogged landfills filled with plastic bags will slowly and surely vanish, helping the city save millions of dollars per year while keeping the environment clean and pollutant-free to a commendable extent.<\/p>\n
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