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Petition gathers 450,000 signatures asking Target to stop using plastic bags

By Patrick Rehkamp, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
By Patrick Rehkamp, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

A group of Target Corp. customers have collected more than 450,000 petition signatures in an attempt to get the retailer to stop using plastic bags.

Theresa Carter, who says she is a Target customer, gathered the signatures through the website Change.org and plans to deliver them on Thursday to Target’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, according to a press release.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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