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New York Bans Plastic Bags, App Supports Immigrant-Run Restaurants, Farming on Top of a Shopping Center

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01.04.2019
by Roxana Adam
#Copenhagen, #New York, #Plastic Bags, #Plastic Ban, #San Francisco, #Urban Farming
Photo: Jörg Schubert / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

New York becomes the second state in the U.S. after California to ban most types of single-use plastic bags; a food delivery app in San Francisco is launching a program to put place immigrant-run restaurants into the spotlight; in Copenhagen, “Refarmed” is rethinking how we produce and consume food.

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01.04.2019
by Roxana Adam
#Copenhagen, #New York, #Plastic Bags, #Plastic Ban, #San Francisco, #Urban Farming
Photo: Jörg Schubert / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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