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Battle of the Bag

    We've all heard save the turtles before. I think of saving the cute, tiniest, smiling turtles when I hear the phrase. In the Battle of the Bag documentary viewers see Tony Amos explain how just a few grams of plastic can cause death for a 100-pound turtle. It took me by surprise to see how such a small amount of plastic waste can cause that much harm to a large animal. I had the same sentiment when seeing footage of volunteer vets pulling 50 kilos of plastic out of a large animal that appeared to be similar to a horse.     Rebecca Hosking's attempt to locally curb plastic bag use was both simple and clever. By simply showing her film to local business owners, she eliminated their ignorance towards the harm of plastic bags. And without any law or taxation being enacted, she convinced the town to steer away from plastic bags. Even the more conservative-leaning town people were on board. This makes one think, this can truly work anywhere. Recently, Rhode Island was...