Talk:Plastic bag/Archives/2017

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Plastic shopping bags Main article: Plastic shopping bag Open bags with carrying handles are used in large numbers. Stores often provide them as a convenience to shoppers. Some stores charge a nominal fee for a bag. Heavy-duty reusable shopping bags are often considered environmentally better than single-use paper or plastic shopping bags. Because of environmental and litter problems, some locations are working toward a phase-out of lightweight plastic bags. Gram99 (talk) 21:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)