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Hefty Bags

A putative class accuses Reynolds of falsely advertising a line of Hefty trash bags as “perfect for all your recycling needs” when in fact they’re made of unrecyclable plastic.

/ May 7, 2021
FILE- In this March 27, 2019 file photo, plastic bags are tangled in the branches of a tree in New York City's East Village neighborhood. New York lawmakers are working through the final weekend of March 2019 to pass a budget that would include as one of its proposals a state wide ban on single use plastic bags. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

SAN FRANCISCO — A putative class accuses Reynolds of falsely advertising a line of Hefty trash bags as “perfect for all your recycling needs” when in fact they’re made of unrecyclable plastic.

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