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Closed Ban all plastic shopping bags and instead only sell reusable shopping bags.

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The impact of plastic bags on the environment is enormous. ... Approximately 100,000 sea turtles and other marine animals die every year because they either mistake the bags for food or get strangled in them, says Natural.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/03/dramatic-rise-in-plastic-seabed-litter-around-uk
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/greenerideal.com/news/environment/0613-how-do-plastic-bags-affect-our-environment/amp/

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