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Paper or a biodegradable material made from corn starch?(The Week ...)(Brief article)
Paper or a biodegradable material made from corn starch? This question has replaced the more traditional "Paper or plastic?" at San Francisco supermarkets, and the New York City Council may follow suit. The bill that council speaker Christine C. Quinn is pushing would not go as far as the San Francisco law, which banned plastic bags outright. But it would impose a new burden on city supermarkets by requiring them to collect, transport, and recycle used bags. The supermarkets will surely pass on the cost of this new requirement to the consumer in the form ...
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