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The Plastic Debate: A Grocery Store Goes Plastic -Free
March 3, 2018 : Santa Barbara, CA : BWW
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The
Plastic
Debate:
A
Grocery
Store
Goes
Plastic
-Free
A
Dutch
supermarket
made
headlines
recently
with
the
launch
of
a
plastic-free
aisle
meaning
among
other
items,
no
bottled
water
in
plastic
containers.
But
the
focus
on
slashing
plastic
use
in
the
West
is
at
best
simplistic,
and
could
even
be
counterproductive.
“Plastic
is
a
constant
presence
in
our
lives
wherever
we
go;
it's
hard
to
imagine
life
without
it.
But
the
planet
is
paying
a
high
price
for
our
throwaway
culture,”
writes
CNN
who
reported
on
the
supermarket.
“From
water
bottles
to
disposable
coffee
cups
to
straws
to
take
away
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