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The Plastic Bag Waiting Game

East Bay cities that want to ban single-use plastic bags are waiting for a state Supreme Court decision later this year.

By Nate Seltenrich @nateseltenrich

For three years, Bay Area cities have led the environmentalist charge against single-use plastic bags. When San Francisco became the first city in North America to ban the bags from large supermarkets and pharmacies in March 2007, Berkeley and Oakland were only…

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