On March 1, New York State will enact a statewide ban on plastic bags and it will affect the companies that use them, as well as the businesses that make them. Ken Trottere, vice president of Poly-Pak Industries, says his company faces the possibility of winding down its operations if the new law goes into effect as is. Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

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