The Weight of our Waste and a Cute Way to Reuse It
No commentsIn England, Premier Waste Management employee Tony Hitchens was concerned — surrounded by waste every day, it was only a matter of time before thoughts would turn to how much of it might he his own. So he did what anyone with a bit of logic and ingenuity might do: he armed himself with some [...]
All Paths Lead to the Same Bag-Free San Diego
No commentsLots of local happenings this week! First of all, looks like our 25 Reasons to Go Reusable page got a link over at Leucadia Blog (your one-stop Leucadia information stop). This specific blog post addresses the effort to ban plastic bags in the Encinitas area, and asks a burning question: with petroleum prices rising and [...]
San Diego Stays Classy
No commentsSometimes, you read something so migraine-inducing that all you can do is back away and hope for everyone’s sake that it’s satire because the alternative is just too horrible. This morning, our own local San Diego Union-Tribune published just such an article. It seems, you see, that op-ed columnist Logan Jenkins is in the throes [...]
Environmentalism in the Real World is a Touchy Subject
No commentsDavid Rogers, of Massachusetts’ Wicked Local news blog, touched upon a pretty interesting and multifaceted issue in his column yesterday: since even the best-intentioned movements can be co-opted for fashion and profit, how should we react when we see this happen with environmentalism? Should companies be called out for using such a hot-topic issue as [...]
News Item: Reusable Bags Don’t Work If You Don’t Bring Them With You
No commentsJust a friendly helpful reminder for us all, courtesy of The Sacramento Bee: reusable bags are only good if you use them. It would seem so obvious that it wouldn’t bear repeating, but sometimes it’s the most obvious things in the world that slip right on by undetected until it’s too late. Linda Waits wants [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 06/06/08
No commentsSeven artists give a new meaning to the word “recycling.” [WebUrbanist] Toronto wants you to design their reusable bags! [I Want - I Got] A harrowing personal account from the frontlines of the reusable bag war. [Cheesy Kitty] Get with the program, California! [Bamboo Geek] Reusable bags = Profit?!?! [The Happy Rock] The OC keeps [...]
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Orange County Weighs In On the Rising Cost of Plastic Bags
1 comment so farAs any child of the 1970s onward knows, a bill hoping to become a law has a long road ahead of it, and Lloyd Levine’s Assembly Bill 2058 is no exception. Having already cleared the State Assembly hurdle, however, and now preparing its case for the Senate floor, the Plastic Bag Bill is already well [...]
