Weekly Link Round-Up: 09/25/09
No commentsCongratulations to Basalt, winners of the Colorado Ski Towns 2009 Reusable Bag Challenge! [The Mountain Culture] The Grand County town collective came in second, in this challenge that eliminated the usage of an estimated 5.3 million plastic bags. [Sky-Hi Daily News] San Jose votes to ban plastic and paper disposable bags starting in 2011! [Eco [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 08/21/09
No commentsFree movie screening in Fort St. John, Canada, aims to bring awareness to the plastic bag problem. [Energetic City] The Seattle bag tax proposition is shot down in the vote, prompting Portland to rally in an attempt to avoid the same results. [Oregon Live] Seattle voices sound off on the bag tax failure. [Seattle Times] [...]
Tags: back-to-school, bag tax, Canada, Oregon, plastic bags, plastics, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/24/09
No commentsCanada’s Thrifty Foods ditches the disposable plastics bags come July 22nd! [Canada.com] Meanwhile in Palo Alto, Save the Plastic Bag Coalition sues the city for banning disposables. [KLIV] New York city officials are touting the passing of bottle deposit and bag tax bills. [New York Times] Living in the Vail Valley area? Party for the [...]
Tags: bag ban, bag tax, events, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags
