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]
Go green for [...]
Tags: back-to-school, bag tax, Canada, Oregon, plastic bags, plastics, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/10/09
No commentsLas Vegas shoppers are split over the merits of a bag tax. [News 3 Las Vegas]
Making eco-friendly choices can be tough, but it’s important. [Chicago Tribune]
An angry Canadian lashes back against bag bans and taxes. [Canada dot com]
Meanwhile, a UConn graduate thinks the tax is a “no-brainer.” [Daily Campus]
New Zealand shows off its permaculture “eco [...]
Tags: Canada, carbon footprint, DIY, Earth Day, environmental policy, reusables
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/03/09
1 comment so farBeing eco-friendly is wildly fashionable, as demonstrated by Pittsburgh teens. [Pittsburgh Live]
Speaking of fashion, ever-fashionable Corey Feldman is producing an event for global greenitude! [Ecorazzi]
Disposable bag waste is an ecological problem, not a class problem. [Washington Post]
Who loves reusable bags? Eva Longoria Parker loves reusable bags! [Earth 911]
Massachusetts suburbs get a recycling program makeover. [Leominster [...]
Tags: activism, Canada, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, fashion, fun, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, profit, recycling, reusable bags
Friday Link Round-Up: 03/27/09
No commentsHey So-Cal, got plans tomorrow from 11AM-2PM? Help clean up Seal Beach! [Beach Trading]
Madison, WI, is entertaining the idea of a plastic bag ban! [Isthmus]
Fox News is getting in on the plastic bag greenness game. [Fox]
Going camping? Want to keep things green and sustainable? Check out this blog. [RiverWired]
Washington, DC, is still looking into a [...]
Tags: activism, bag ban, California, Canada, Connecticut, conservation, environmental policy, events, plastic bags, reusable bags, Seal Beach, Seattle, Washington, Washington DC
Loblaws Enacts Plastic Bag Fee
No commentsCanada is always brimming with news on the plastic bag front, and today is no different. Today, Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws has, of their own accord, enacted a 5-cent plastic bag fee. What’s more, the changeover was met with acceptance and the air of a resolve to change for the better.
At a Loblaws store in [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 12/05/08
No commentsCommand Packaging gets on board with plastic bag recycling. [Green Biz]
Bag ban proposals are facing opposition in Virginia. [Alexandria Gazette]
Consider green gifts this holiday season. [Des Moines Register]
Consider buying local, while you’re at it. [Colorado Springs Independent]
Reduce that holiday waste! [The Ontarion]
Grocers proposing a bag tax? Well, I never. [Solid Waste and Recycling]
Pick up an [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Canada Tackling the Plastic Bag Issue
No commentsIt’s another slow news day on the reusable bag front, but, at the very least, Canada is trying to get things done and make some headway on the subject. Sort of. At any rate, four major retail associations in the country have banded together to endorse a plan for significantly reducing the amount of plastic [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 09/19/08
No commentsCanada is still keen on banning the bags. [Surrey Leader]
Glass recycling is coming back in vogue. [Guelph Mercury]
Ontario needs your clean-up help on the 21st. [Timmins Press]
Wow, Canada is actually all about the recycling today! [Evening Courier]
They do get pretty miffed when you fudge the meaning of “eco-friendly,” though. [National Post]
Meanwhile across the border, another [...]
Tags: activism, Canada, environmental policy, Happenings, New Jersey, Virginia
