The Don Quixote of Brooklyn, Tilting at Plastic Bags

Gabriel Cohen, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution

The Don Quixote of Brooklyn, Tilting at Plastic Bags
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His quest began two years ago, after his wife, Rachel, looked upon the Bradford pear tree out the window of their Carroll Gardens apartment. She found her view marred by a plastic deli bag caught in its bare branches. Dutifully, Mr. Mali went to the Home Depot and bought a yellow metal painter’s pole that could extend to 21 feet. Within minutes of his return, he had managed to tug down the trash and earn some husbandly karma.

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