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  "path": "/letters/2026/05/each-of-us-can-reduce-plastic-use-in-our-daily-lives.html",
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  "textContent": "Consumers have power of their own to reduce plastics use.\nBuy less of it. Make your own ice tea, use bar soap, get detergents in a box or sheet, put tap or filtered water in a thermos. Those things make a small dent and a big statement, writes Mary Kay Dessoffy of Walton Hills in a letter to the editor.",
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