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Walmart, Target, grocers tout bag recycling
March 11th, 2011 in Green plastic bag recycling A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle North Carolina Retail Merchants Association Walmart Target Harris-Teeter Lowe's Foods
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Triad retailers including Food Lion, Harris-Teeter, Lowe’s Foods, Target and Walmart are among the partners in a new statewide effort to promote the recycling of plastic bags.

North Carolina is the fourth state in the country to join the "A Bag's Life" educational movement, which helps consumers locate recycling locations for plastic bags.

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North Carolina Launches A Bag's Life Plastic Bag Recycling Program
March 11th, 2011 in Green plastic bag recycling A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle North Carolina Keep North Carolina Beautiful North Carolina Merchants Association
RALEIGH, N.C., March 9, 2011-- North Carolina today became the fourth state in the nation to join the "A Bag's Life" recycling education movement which helps consumers find nearly 1,200 grocery and retail store drop off sites for plastic bags statewide. North Carolina retailers and legislators gathered on the steps of the Legislative Building to announce participation in the awareness campaign, which provides a website (www.abagslife.com/NC) with a zip code locator app.
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Community United to Give Tallahassee Super Clean Sweep
February 25th, 2011 in Easy as One reuse Florida Department of Environmental Protection A Bag's Life plastic bag reycling
In support of the 16th Annual Super-Clean Sweep, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Easy As One initiative will team up with A Bag’s Life, Keep Tallahassee-Leon County Beautiful and community volunteers at Tallahassee’s Lake Ella on Saturday, February 26, 2011.
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"A Bag's Life" hopes to keep plastic bags out of landfills
February 16th, 2011 in plastic bags A Bag's Life texas reduce reuse recycle zip code locator Texas Retail Association
(Bonnie Gonzalez) YNN Austin -- Next time you come across a plastic bag, remember the three R’s -- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

"A Bag's Life" is the slogan for a cooperative effort between private and public organizations to keep plastic bags out of landfills.

Tuesday, the campaign launched a website along with an app to help people find one of nearly 1,800 drop-off locations for recycling the bags in Texas.
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New statewide program for plastic bag recycling in Texas
February 16th, 2011 in
WeAreAustin.com -- It's getting easier to recycle in the state. Texas is now the third state in the country to offer "a bag's life", a recycling program for plastic bags across the Texas.

Through messages like "don't treat me like trash" and "gimme a second chance" organizers hope to encourage everyone to reduce, reuse, and recycle their grocery bags and other items.
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Got Bags? "A Bag's Life" Helps Recycle
February 16th, 2011 in environment plastic bag A Bag's Life texas reduce reuse recycle High School Video Contest
(By Rhonda Lee) KXAN Austin News -- Tuesday a website called "A Bag's Life" was launched. For full story and video, click here.
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Plastic Bag Recycling Program Adopted in Texas
February 16th, 2011 in environment Green A Bag's Life recycling plastic bag blog texas reuse reduce recycle
Recycling Today -- Several organizations in Texas have pooled their efforts to launch the “A Bag’s Life” plastic bag recycling awareness program in the Lone Star State.

According to a news release on the A Bag’s Life website (www.abagslife.com), Texas becomes the third state in the country to have adopted such a statewide plastic bag recycling program. Florida and Virginia also have begun promoting the plastic bag recycling program.
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Texas Launching Plastic Bag Recycling Program
February 16th, 2011 in environment plastic bags plastic bag recycling A Bag's Life texas Austin reduce reuse recycle
(By Steve Habel) Austin Business Journal -- Texas is about to be the third state to launch a statewide plastic bag recycling program in conjunction with the national “A Bag’s Life” program.
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Reduce, recycle, reuse, it's a bag's life
February 16th, 2011 in environment plastic bags Green video contest A Bag's Life Texas recycling campaign reduce reuse recyclle consumer
(By Daye Decker) ConnectAmarilllo.com -- Reduce, reuse, recycle we've heard it a million times, but one campaign is working to make it a reality here in Texas. The Lone Star State is joining the ranks with two other states to launch a statewide plastic bag recycling program in conjunction with the national "A Bag's Life" program.
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A Bag's Life Launches at the Texas State Capitol
February 15th, 2011 in reuse plastic bags Green A Bag's Life recycling texas
(Austin, TX) – Feb. 15, 2010 – A statewide plastic bag recycling awareness campaign in Texas called A Bag’s Life, which includes an interactive and educational website, an app that pinpoints nearly 1,800 drop-off sites by zip code and a make-your-own video contest, was launched today at the Texas State Capitol. Representatives from the Texas General Land Office, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Keep Texas Beautiful, the Texas Department of Transportation, the State of Texas
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