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Hawaii County Poised for Full Ban on Plastic Checkout Bags

Flickr / Eli Duke
Flickr / Eli Duke

  

  For the past year, shoppers in Hawaii County have been unable to get plastic checkout bags or have had to pay for them at the checkout stand.  But starting soon, Hawaii County will ban the use of plastic checkout bags entirely.  HPR's Sherry Bracken gives us the details.

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