Life After Plastic

Towns are banning plastic. Mine’s one of them.

Lauren Harkawik
Nov 4 · 6 min read
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In December 2018, my town voted to ban single use plastic bags. Then in June, the Vermont legislature voted to ban four categories of single use plastics, including plastic bags, straws, stirrers, and foam food packaging. The latter ban takes effect summer 2020. The former took effect July 2019.

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Lauren Harkawik

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