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Hipcycle Partners With FunkyJunk to Launch U.S. Distribution Of Cambodian Upcycled Fair Trade Goods
(OCEAN, NJ) – In developing countries, where garbage collection services are minimal and environmental awareness takes second place to basic survival, plastic bags are everywhere: clogging drains, choking animals, and blighting already difficult lives.
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Rolling Stone recently published an article on the overuse of plastic bags in America. We use an estimated 102 billion shopping bags a year – more than 500 per consumer. And, worldwide, we consume at an unprecedented rate of 1 million per minute. Gulp!

Introduced a mere 25 years ago, single-use plastic bags have become an [...]