A sign posted at a pharmacy in central Mexico City reads, in Spanish, `By official order, it is not permitted to provide plastic bags. We are offering the following bags: Paper, 1 peso , cotton, 20 pesos .` | AP By 2021, the same law will ban handing out plastic straws, spoons, coffee capsules and other single-use items. MEXICO CITY - For centuries, Mexico City residents brought warm tortillas home in reusable cloths or woven straw baskets, and toted others foods in conical rolls of paper, `ayate` mesh or net bags, or even string bundles. People in Mexico´s massive capital city may have to return to those old ways as a new law took effect on Jan. 1 banning the plastic bags that became...
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