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Posts Tagged ‘reusable bags’

New plastic bag ban receives mixed reactions from customers, storeowners in Oakland

By Titania Kumeh | January 3, 2013 | 40
Nicks Liquor store owner Abdullah Albasir shows off the reusable bag he's required to sell to customers for 10 cents. The plastic bag ban went into affect in Alameda County on New Years day.

Behind the counter at Nick’s Liquor store in West Oakland, owner Abdullah Albasir tries to calm customers annoyed that they have to pay 10 cents for a bag now that Alameda County’s new regulations on plastic bags have gone into effect. “I don’t got 10 cents,” one customer says loudly, sliding a gallon jug of…

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