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Add CommentI read that some localities have banned plastic bags and want paper bags used instead,
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf paper bags are bad as well , then I will have to buy a second multi times usable bag to take to the supermarket.
be so kind to send me more info i am in the caribean coast in the mayan riviera i want to help, i work from the anahuac university.
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