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Modbury, England, Goes Plastic Bag-Free Shopkeepers in one small town in England have stopped using plastic bags. Modbury, population 1,500, has become what some call the first plastic bag-free town in Europe.

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Shopkeepers in one small town in England have stopped using plastic bags. Modbury, population 1,500, has become what some call the first plastic bag-free town in Europe. Adam Searle, owner of a delicatessen in Modbury, talks with Madeleine Brand.

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