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Paper or your reusable bag?

New York City is requiring new measures to increase the recyling of plastic shopping bags. China has announced it's banning them. Such measures are making reusable bags a big business. Host Tess Vigeland talks with Vincent Cobb, president of Reusablebags.com.

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A Chinese couple stand next to their plastic shopping bag in Beijing.
A Chinese couple stand next to their plastic shopping bag in Beijing.
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