Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags
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The decision comes as plastic bags are increasingly being discouraged or banned by governments and retailers because of concerns about their environmental impact.
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The New York City Council on overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle the plastic bags they give to shoppers.
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Growing demand from U.S. retailers and manufacturers for smaller, eco-friendly packages is pushing box makers and chemical companies to create compact packaging that is bio-based and recyclable.
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Supermarkets that use their size to force down prices will be penalised under new plan
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Reuters London Oct 27: British supermarket chain, Asda said it would fight to change food labelling laws after it was fined Â£ 5,000 for illegally describing its mangoes as helpful in the fight against cancer.
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Declaring war on the "white pollution" choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old Â steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday.
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07/12/2004 - Amcor, the worldâs top manufacturer of plastic bottles, has ousted its chief executive after former staff in Australia were suspected of being involved in an illegal operation to drive up box prices.
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New York City's board of health on Tuesday voted to phase out most artificial transfats from restaurants, forcing doughnut shops and fast-food stands to remove artery-clogging oils from their cooking.
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A City Council bill would compel supermarkets to collect, transport and recycle plastic bags. Supermarkets would also be required to place "easily accessible" bins for customers to drop off their bags and would also be required to sell reusable bags that customers can use in lieu of plastic and paper bags.
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San Francisco is considering charging stores 17 cents for each bag to discourage the use of plastic bags.
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SCAGGSVILLE, Md. -- Stephanie Cerneck doesn't go through the checkout line at her supermarket anymore. Or even the self-checkout line. She uses a personal scanner offered by the Bloom grocery store near her home, scanning each item as she takes it off the shelf and bagging as she shops. When she's...
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Whole Foods renews its contract with United Natural Foods.
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Scots DIY enthusiasts will now pay for plastic bags as a big chain tries to cut pollution.
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City officials are considering charging grocery stores 17 cents each for grocery bags to discourage use of plastic sacks.
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The region's biggest supermarket chain, Giant Food Inc., will launch a line of natural and organic foods this weekend in an effort to cash in on one of the supermarket industry's fastest-growing niches.
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Moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits, Kraft Foods Inc. will announce Wednesday that it is going to curb its advertising of many popular snack food items to children under 12.
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The  largest U.S. pork supplier, Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, said yesterday that it will require its producers to phase out the practice of keeping pregnant pigs in "gestation crates" -- metal and concrete cages that animal welfare advocates consider one of the most inhumane features of large-scale factory farming....