Archive for November, 2008
Recycling? More like PREcycling!
No commentsToday’s news bit comes from New Zealand, who would like to remind you that, while recycling is undoubtedly vital to environmental preservation, you should never forget the importance of a little something called precycling. Precycling is a whole new way to reduce the waste we produce as consumers which is even greener than recycling. It [...]
The Reusable Bag Agenda Across the Pond
No commentsThe holiday season is almost upon us, and shopping is about to go through the roof. How are you preparing for the loads you’ll be hauling away from the shops in the next month? Carrying out tons of paper and plastic bags is always an option, albeit far from the best option. In Fareham, over [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 11/21/08
No commentsSeattle doesn’t want you to forget about your bags once the hype frenzy’s over. [NWCN] Connecticut continue to raise the bar on itself. [Mansfield Today] Meanwhile, New Jersey thinks a ban will only further the recession. [The Hub] Everything’s bigger in Texas, including environmental improvements. [Impact News] Vermont makes Fridays casual and plastic bag free! [...]
Tags: Connecticut, New Jersey, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle, Vermont
Reusable Bags Can’t Work With Food Banks… Or CAN They?
No commentsIn an opinion piece I covered earlier this year, Bob Pratte from the Riverside Press-Enterprise listed off a lot of self-serving reasons why disposable plastic bags should remain in circulation, but one good-intentioned bullet point was that the bags are needed to distribute food at local food banks. Plastic bags are dropped off in a [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 11/14/08
No commentsBollywood joins the fight against plastic bags! [EcoRazzi] Meanwhile, Arizona City has joined the recycling fight! [Recycling Today] Seattle was there when it all began. [The Road to New Journalism] Your daily routine just got a little bit greener. [North by Northwestern] Another take on the Canada coffee cup conundrum. [CTV] Finding reusables on the [...]
Toronto Holds Back on Coffee Cups
No commentsWhat’s up, Toronto? It seems like it’s nothing but compromises up there in The Icy North. Just the other day, you guys voted to push back the ban on disposable plastic bags by four whole months, and now I hear that your committees are losing ground on the paper coffee cup debate as well? Unanimously, [...]
Target Bans the Bags in South Australia
No commentsYesterday I went to Target to buy some cycling gloves, and all around me disposable plastic bags were in full effect. I know that Australia is a day ahead of me in terms of time zones, but apparently–when it comes to environmentalism–the superstore conglomerate is light years ahead, because starting in December Australian Target locations [...]
Busting Down Myths About Grocery Store Recycling
No commentsPeople fear what they don’t know, and one thing a lot of people don’t know is what happens to plastic bags when they get returned to the source at recycling bins outside your local grocery. Do they really live up to their promise of taking them to be recycled, or is the environment better off [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 11/07/07
No commentsCan brand-new reusable bag bins help Vancouver get their recycling groove back? [BC Local News] Mayor Bloomberg tries to revive NYC’s with a surcharge proposal. [NY1] …and bloggers are sounding off on the matter. [CaseClosed2] Massachusetts green teams urge shoppers to get with the bag program! [iBerkshires] Meanwhile, Toronto is up in arms over in-store [...]
Canada Gets Back on the Reusable Bag Map!
No commentsJust a friendly reminder — the folks up in Canada are still thinking about plastic bags, a ban thereof, and what it means to their people. Unfortunately, today’s news from the icy north is bittersweet: while the city is still en route to banning the environmental nuisances, a new ordinance has pushed the ban’s start [...]
