Plastic Bag Ban A Pain. No, Really.

by | Apr 16, 2008

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clothshoppingbag.jpgDown in Australia, the shop assistants’ union wants laws to protect checkout operators from injury when they are forced to lift environmentally-friendly, reusable bags, which can carry up to 40 percent more than plastic bags, Australia’s ABC News reports. The union claims that 11.3 percent of all checkout operators have been injured lifting the green bags.

Australia is expected to ban plastic bags next year.

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