Article: STRONG FINISH FOR VAIL IN BAG CHALLENGE

VAIL, Colo., Sept. 23 -- The city of Vail issued the following news release:

Vail's fifth place finish in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Reusable Bag Challenge resulted in the diversion of nearly 300,000 plastic bags in exchange for an estimated 100,000 reusable bags within the community, according to results announced this week by the competition organizers. The CAST Reusable Bag Challenge was a competition between 31 mountain towns to encourage the use of reusable shopping bags and raise awareness of the economic, environmental and social impacts of single-use shopping bags.

The town of Basalt won the contest, which ran from March to September, and becomes the recipient of a ...

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