The Earth Day Cavalcade Continues!
No commentsEarth Day — it’s still coming! The eco-awareness world is abuzz with excitement, but one big question remains: why limit yourself to just one day? With the sheer amount of help this world needs, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day? This is the question that New York’s Star Gazette asks us today.
As we are [...]
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Exaggerating Claims Helps No One
No commentsWhen editors and columnists railing in favor of disposable plastic bags use fallacious arguments and flimsy attacks, it makes them look like fools. Unfortunately, this fact can go both ways and a couple of Los Angeles officials now stand as an example of what not to do.
In their Aug. 15 Blowback, L.A. County Supervisors Yvonne [...]
Huffington Post Weighs In on Shopping Bags
No commentsWe know that that paper and plastic bags aren’t exactly born of the best conditions. But when all is said and done, how much do we really know about the step-by-step process of making our disposable transport containers? Are we simply repeating rhetoric, or do we know how bad things really are?
Last night, premiere [...]
Twenty-Five Reasons to Go Reusable!
No commentsThis afternoon, Reuse This Bag unveiled Twenty-Five Reasons to Go Reusable, your one-stop information shop for why plastic shopping bags are such a disaster, why paper bags aren’t much better (if at all), and what the benefits are of making the switch to reusable bags.
1. A plastic shopping bag can take anywhere from 15 to [...]
