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	<title>Wichitopekington &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>The debate over banning plastic bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Wistrom</dc:creator>
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Are plastic bags man&#8217;s best friend, the environment&#8217;s worst enemy or something in between? A story on National Public Radio this morning says that more and more cities are banning the bags. (Wichita is not one of them. And, at least in The Eagle&#8217;s electronic archives dating back to 1984, such a ban hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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Are plastic bags man&#8217;s best friend, the environment&#8217;s worst enemy or something in between? <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89135360" title="The NPR story">A story on National Public Radio this morning</a> says that more and more cities are banning the bags. (Wichita is not one of them. And, at least in The Eagle&#8217;s electronic archives dating back to 1984, such a ban hasn&#8217;t been discussed by local governments.) But The Eagle&#8217;s Annie Calovich reported last year that some local stores have started selling reusable bags. Those include Food for Thought, <a href="http://www.greenacres.com/" title="GreenAcres Market web site">GreenAcres</a> and the <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/" title="Wichita Whole Foods web site">Wichita Whole Foods</a> stores. <a href="http://www.dillons.com/homepage/index.htm" title="Dillons web site"></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.dillons.com/homepage/index.htm" title="Dillons web site">Dillons </a>also sells reusable polypropylene bags and offers a drop-off box to recycle plastic bags in all their Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri stores, <span class="BodyCopy">said     Dillons spokeswoman Sheila Lowrie</span>. The store sells reusable bags for 99 cents (or an insulated one for $2.99), and they give a 5 cent credit each time a customer uses one. (The bags are on sale through April 16 &#8212; four for $5 for the simple bags, and two for $4 on the insulated ones.) The recycled plastic bags are turned into plastic pellets that are then used to make more plastic bags, Lowrie said. She said the bags are selling well. &#8220;Our customers are really embracing it.&#8221;</p>
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