107.9 The River » Grocery Shopping http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Hawaii Takes Big Step By Becoming the First State to Ban Plastic Bags During Checkout http://theriver1079.com/hawaii-plastic-bags/ http://theriver1079.com/hawaii-plastic-bags/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:04 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=101090 At the end of April, Honolulu County passed a ban that made Hawaii the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags at store checkouts statewide. Of the four counties in the state, three had previously passed bans and the Honolulu County decision officially made the ban statewide.

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