By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
A pedestrian carries a plastic grocery bag as he walks down Stockton street June 2, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Unlike California, where lawmakers Tuesday rejected a ban on plastic grocery bags, the U.S. territory of American Samoa will make it illegal for stores to offer such bags beginning in Feb. 2011.
More U.S. cities and territories are combating litter by banning or taxing plastic shopping bags, despite the recent defeat of a statewide ban in California.
Bans take effect in January in Brownsville, Texas, and Hawaii's Kauai and Maui counties. In February, American Samoa's ban goes into effect.
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