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> Every time you buy anything at a store, you get a plastic bag.

In some countries that is true, in others you have to choose to pay for a bag, so most people don't, instead they re-use their existing (non-plastic) bag.

The UK for example charges 5p for a plastic bag and this has had a significant effect:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/30/england-...




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