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  Plastic Bag Ban Proposal Defeated In Sturbridge

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Plastic Bag Ban Proposal Defeated In Sturbridge

STURBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ) ― A proposal to ban the use of plastic shopping bags at three major stores in Sturbridge was defeated at a town meeting.

The proposal was created by two high schools. It would have required Shaw's Supermarket, Stop & Shop and Wal-Mart to swap out plastic bags for reusable cloth bags or recyclable paper bags for their customers.

Tantasqua Regional High School students Conor Neal and Ryan White came up with the idea for the article as part of a Dynamics in Democracy program at the school. Neal said after the vote Tuesday night that the experience taught him about the power of democracy but also "the power of big corporations trying to influence the vote."

According to a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, he was not aware of any communities in Massachusetts that have banned plastic shopping bags.

(© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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