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Vermont adopts the most comprehensive plastics ban in U.S.

Laura Parker

June 18, 2019 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

Vermont’s governor has signed into law legislation that bans four different kinds of single-use plastics, including straws, bags, drink stirrers, and foam take-out containers. Such legislation is the only kind that covers so many products, but is part of a growing, global movement to ban such plastics.

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