New Jersey Town Gets Proactive with Plastic
No commentsCherry Hill, New Jersey is on a crusade to promote the use of reusable bags, but it has also gotten active in attempts to take plastic out of the landfill stream. There is no municipal ordinance in place banning or limiting the use of plastic bags, but the city – and the Mayor – have [...]
Brunei Challenges the Plastic Bag Monopoly
No commentsThe nation of Brunei, a small sultanate located on Borneo, has instituted a mandatory ban on the use of plastic bags for shoppers in certain stores on certain dates. Brunei has a long history of religious and political conflict going back centuries, when empires and nations were evolving and disappearing in that area of the [...]
Plastic Bags Out! Reusable Bags “In” in CA Cities!
1 comment so farPassing a ban on the use of plastic bags in supermarkets seems to be beyond the reach of most state legislatures. The lobbyists for the American Chemical Council and for assorted plastics manufacturers have put down roots in many state capitals, and laws attempting to control the use of non-recyclable plastic bags have failed in [...]
The Great Reusable Bag Debate Rages on in Oregon
No commentsThe Oregon state legislature is actively considering a law that would impose a ban on the use of plastic bags in some retail outlets, following the lead of legislation enacted by dozens of counties, cities, and towns across the country. The law would ban the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and mandate grocers [...]
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Reusable Bags Now Serve as the New Media Bumper Sticker in Political Campaigns!
No commentsReusable bags are a great way to spread your messsage in a political campaign.
Another California City Bans Plastic Bags
No commentsSan Jose, CA has enacted what is the stiffest ban on plastic bags yet to be enacted in California. And it has occurred in the largest city of the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose – home town for the Silicon Valley and today, a metropolis of 900,000 residents. The ban came after two years [...]
Brownsville Texas Eases into Reusable Bag Trend
No commentsThe movement toward municipal laws limiting the use of plastic and paper bags in retail outlets has been limited thus far to progressive cities like San Francisco, small cities such as Telluride, Colorado and areas with serious litter problems like Maui, Hawaii and Washington DC. But the entire trend towards sustainable consumer practices continues as [...]
Plastic Bag Tax Proves Effective
No commentsOne of the methods employed by municipalities and other government jurisdictions attempting to reduce the usage of disposable plastic bags has been the imposition of a tax on each bag that is distributed. A consumer that comes through a checkout lane without a reusable bag is charged a nominal tax for each plastic bag that [...]
Support AB 1998 to ban the bag!
No commentsAround 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away every year in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal. They fester in our landfills and oceans, taking upwards of 1,000 years to decompose while leaking toxins into the soil and suffocating wildlife. It’s an issue that has been brewing for quite some time. Now the [...]
A new look for reusethisbag.com!
No commentsIt certainly took longer than we would have liked, but we finally launched a newly redesigned reusethisbag.com website this week! A growing part of our business, we now have a dedicated page for reusable wine totes, if you buy and drink wine, it is a must have on your eco-responsibility checklist! Unfortunately, the packaging and [...]
