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Residents of the town of York in Maine voted to ban single-use plastic foodware in a special election on Saturday. York is the first town in Maine to pass such a ban on single-use plastic utensils.
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Residents will vote Saturday on an ordinance drafted by high school students, local restaurants and environmental advocates.
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The town of York will form a committee to study a proposal banning single-use plastic utensils, straws and other disposable food ware, with the goal of potentially bringing it to voters next May.
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The town of York could soon become the first community in Maine to prohibit single-use plastic containers, utensils and cups. But the idea doesn't sit well with everyone.
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The spill wasn't reported to the state until about a week later, after the Department of Environmental Protection received a complaint about waste coming ashore near Sears Island, and then visited the site. Cleanup continued for a few weeks, but some plastic remained in the environment.
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A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.
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AUGUSTA, Maine_ Just a few weeks before Portland's single-use packaging ordinance goes into effect, the state is considering its own crackdown on plastic…