In the United States,the Biggest Single Component of Household Trash

question 30

True/False

In the United States,the biggest single component of household trash by weight is plastic.

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Interstate Commerce

Economic activities or transactions that cross state boundaries or involve more than one state, regulated by the federal government in many countries.

Stay and Tender Laws

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Daniel Shays

A former soldier and symbolic figure of Shays' Rebellion (1786-1787), an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts protesting fiscal and civil rights injustices.

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