Archive for June, 2008
An Object Lesson in Bag Waste For New Jersey Students
No commentsOne million paper clips, a mol of pennies — it’s hard to really comprehend what a large number looks like until you see it in a jar or all lined up, which is what makes these grade school object lessons so fun. But what would five hundred plastic bags look like? Well, they probably wouldn’t [...]
Tags: a lesson well-learned, New Jersey, plastic bags, reusable bags, Whole Foods
Reusing Bags For Fun and Profit in Arizona
No commentsWhen it comes to a good cause, a little enticement never hurts. This week, a shopping center in Green Valley, Arizona, is helping its customers jump aboard the plastic conservation wagon by turning “bring your own bag” into a game — to the tune of a thousand in prizes. Starting this week, patrons of the [...]
Orange County Weighs In On the Rising Cost of Plastic Bags
1 comment so farAs any child of the 1970s onward knows, a bill hoping to become a law has a long road ahead of it, and Lloyd Levine’s Assembly Bill 2058 is no exception. Having already cleared the State Assembly hurdle, however, and now preparing its case for the Senate floor, the Plastic Bag Bill is already well [...]
Manhattan Beach Joins the Cause for Reusable Bags
2 comments so farWith all of our beaches and wilderness and gorgeous climate to protect, California has never been shy when it comes to getting on the environmental concern train. Even at the beginning of the year, Manhattan Beach published Five Ways to Live Without Plastic Bags on their city website. Now, they are poised to attempt a [...]
China Bids Farewell to Free Plastic Bags
No commentsSince environmental action, by its very nature, has to be global in order to be successful, it’s certainly heartening to see efforts taking hold all over. Effective June 1st (this past Sunday, to be exact), the reusable bag revolution hit China as a free plastic bag ban went into effect all across the mainland. As [...]
