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Case in point: Cuyahoga County's plastic bag ban, which officially took effect Jan. 1 and is rolling out just slowly enough to be confusing to consumers. The big mover so far has been Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle, which eliminated plastic bags everywhere but Brooklyn, Cleveland, Independence and North Olmsted - cities that have opted out of the ban. There's more potential government action that could change the trajectory of the Cuyahoga County ban, which is aimed at reducing the plastic waste that fills landfills and pollutes Lake Erie. [Extracted from the article]

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