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Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Missing Donkey Found with Elk, and TDIH - The Alaska Purchase Announced

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Donkey Missing for Five Years Found with Elk, and This Day In History - The Alaska Purchase is Announced. Plastic bag use cut by a billion, says recycling center | 9news.com Lost Donkey Seen Living With Elk Herd 5 Years Later: 'Living His Best Life' (goodnewsnetwork.org) Check for the Purchase of Alaska (1868) | National Archives Alaska Purchase | Encyclopedia.com Alaska Purchase | History, Cost, & Significance | Britannica Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Path,

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joined as always by Reggie Rizzou.

0:36.8

On today's episode, Colorado

0:38.9

becomes the latest state to roll back plastic bag usage, and they're doing it in a big way. A donkey

0:46.5

runs off on its owner, only to be spotted five years later living amongst a herd of elk. And on this

0:52.7

day in history, the Alaska purchase is announced.

0:56.7

That's coming up on cool stuff.

0:58.7

Per a report from 9 News in Denver, citing an estimate by EcoCycle, a nonprofit recycling center

1:05.1

that focuses on zero waste, 1.5 to 1.8 billion fewer plastic bags were used in Colorado last year, 2023,

1:16.3

following the passage of the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, a Colorado law designed to

1:22.3

phase out the use of single-use bags. For Randy Mormon, Director of Policy and Community

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