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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 15 > Seattle is front line in fight over grocery bag fees

Seattle is front line in fight over grocery bag fees

By Phuong Le / The Bulletin
August 15, 2009

SEATTLE " Leaders of this famously green city last year passed the nation's first grocery bag fee, and other cities across the nation quickly followed.

But the plastics industry has been fighting back, bringing lawsuits, aggressively lobbying lawmakers and bankrolling a referendum in....

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