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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/4.15.20b.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pandemic Deals Blow to Plastic Reduction Efforts' data-article-id='4619'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12021'>Just weeks ago, many American cities and states were enforcing restrictions on the use of plastics in stores and restaurants.</span> <span data-start-time='12021' data-end-time='22583'>Shoppers were required to bring reusable bags to food stores or pay a small amount of money to receive a bag.</span> <span data-start-time='22583' data-end-time='29729'>Restaurants in some areas were told not to use some plastic takeout containers.</span> <span data-start-time='29729' data-end-time='38833'>The efforts are part of a widespread U.S. movement to remove one-use plastic bags from everyday life.</span> <span data-start-time='38833' data-end-time='44083'>But the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything.</span> <span data-start-time='44083' data-end-time='57167'>In just a few days, U.S. bans to reduce the use of plastics, mostly shopping bags, have been ignored by a public afraid of getting coronavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='57167' data-end-time='69125'>Governors in Massachusetts and Illinois have banned or urged against the use of reusable cloth bags often brought to food stores.</span> <span data-start-time='69125' data-end-time='74833'>Oregon suspended its new ban on plastic bags this week.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/4.15.20b.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=14764 data-hint-location='12021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/what_is_a_reusable_bag.wav'>What is a reusable bag?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='A type of shopping bag which can be reused many times'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/a_type_of_shopping_bag_which_can_be_reused_many_times.wav'><span>A type of shopping bag which can be reused many times</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/something_used_to_carry_small_pets.wav'><span>Something used to carry small pets</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/a_type_of_new_luggage.wav'><span>A type of new luggage</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/something_used_to_carry_stones_at_a_construction_site.wav'><span>Something used to carry stones at a construction site</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=14765 data-hint-location='69125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/when_did_oregon_suspended_its_new_ban_on_plastic_bags.wav'>When did Oregon suspended its new ban on plastic bags?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='This week'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/last_year.wav'><span>Last year</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/this_week.wav'><span>This week</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/last_month.wav'><span>Last month</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/never.wav'><span>Never</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=14766 data-hint-location='44083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/us_bans_to_reduce_the_use_of_plastics_have_been_ignored_by_a_public_afraid_of__blank_.wav'>U.S. bans to reduce the use of plastics have been ignored by a public afraid of <span class='blank'>getting coronavirus</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='getting coronavirus'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/harming_the_plastic_industry.wav'><span>harming the plastic industry</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/following_rules.wav'><span>following rules</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/spending_too_much_money.wav'><span>spending too much money</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4116/getting_coronavirus.wav'><span>getting coronavirus</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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