Reduce plastic bag consumption in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Food Association and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection signed an agreement 3/12/2009 committing to reducing the number of disposable plastic and paper grocery bags distributed in the state by a third in the next five years.

http://www.milforddailynews.com/state/x1676802437/Using-plastic-bags-may-be-a-hard-habit-to-break

The hope is to cut the use of bags at supermarkets to 1 billion annually, from 1.5 billion, by 2013. According to the ACC, plastic bags use 70% less energy to make than paper bags and emit 50% less greenhouse gas during production.

http://www.smartbrief.com/news/acc/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=599AB3CD-D4C2-44E5-B0DF-D95FBB4567B2&copyid=2AE85B23-A8BF-44EC-9B64-F2EFEED43705

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