Surprise: Biodegradable plastic bags usually aren’t

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By Sam BlissOct 31, 2014, 8:47 pm73 pts
Reducing waste is hard. Who really knows what packaging is safe to recycle or compost when labeling standards are weak, companies regularly get away with green fraud, and seemingly every city has a different sorting game to play with bins? Straightforward rules and enforceable standardization would certainly…

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