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Maine becomes first state to shift costs of recycling to companies

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Partially related question.

I live in the DC metro area and work for the federal government. As such, I read the Washington post online on a pretty much daily basis. It's the best local news source in the region.

Is it just me, or do they have a lot of coverage about news from Maine? I keep seeing articles related to Maine topics on what feels like a weekly basis. I can't figure out if it's my own bias (I have a lot of connections to the State of Maine) where stories from Maine are more likely to stand out, or if there really is an editor or contributor who pulls from Maine news topics on a regular basis.

Another option could be I see different stories based on ad tracking preference...

There are multiple versions of the wapo online, depending on where/how you access the website.

Anyone have any insight into this?

Maine does a lot more state and local govt work than most states.

Try browsing over Tor and see what you get displayed?

Probabilistically you’ll get the int’l version, but that might be fine for your needs (ie: still lots of US coverage but less non-DC coverage).

Everyone is irate that they have to pay a nickel a paper bag now that they've banned plastic. The paper bags used to be free if you wanted them instead of plastic.

Because nobody chose them.

Are people really that irate about having to buy $5 worth of reusable bags? I had already transitioned to reusable bags because managing tens of plastic bags a week without just throwing them away was annoying and surprisingly difficult in a 750 sq ft apartment. I only need so many tiny trash bags.

Now the straw ban, that's pretty stupid, and definitely isn't helpful anyway.

While I don’t mind reusable bags (I can spend more time filling my big bag rather than fiddling with bags), I now end up buying plastic bags.

Before, it would always work out.

In a building with a garbage chute so it’s not like I can buy big disposable bags anyway and fit them in the chute.

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