Plastics - not so progressive anymore; State tries to deal with nuisance factor of bags everywhere.(LOCAL NEWS)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | May 23, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Bill Fortier

Dustin Hoffman got one word of advice at the beginning of the movie "The Graduate."

And that word was "Plastics."

Now, 30 years after plastic bags were introduced at grocery checkout counters, more and more people are trying to get rid of them.

"It doesn't matter what town you're in, you see them on every street, hanging from trees and wrapped around wires, or along the side of the road," said Jack Clarke, director of public policy and government relations for the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

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