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'Bag ladies' upcycle donated fabric into nearly 19,000 bags in fight against plastic. Their charge? Nothing

Liz Wingard and her group of volunteers are combating plastic bags with recyclable ones. (ABC South East SA: Bec Whetham)

Mary Banks was 33 years old in 1965.

A lot was happening back then — the Vietnam War, a dance craze called "the twist" and the first polyethylene shopping bag.

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