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France bans plastic cups, dishes

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Sept 19, 2016

France recently became the first country in the world to ban disposable plastic cups and dishes, according to The Associated Press.

France enacted a ban on plastic bags in July.

Read more at The Associated Press.

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