Plastic Bag Usage Curbed in UK!
No commentsIn an effort to stave off mandatory plastic bag tax or banning in the UK two years ago, 21 major supermarkets and chain stores made a pact to cut bag waste by 25 percent. Now the results are in from 2008′s usage, and sure enough: not only did the shops meet the quota, they exceeded [...]
Colorado Senate Supports Plastic Bag Ban
No commentsA Colorado Senate committee has taken the first step against disposable plastic bags this past week, backing Senate Bill 156 in a 4-3 vote. The decision followed a two-and-a-half hour presentation given by both sides of the debate, and if the bill goes all the way it would see a phasing out of plastic bags [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 02/13/09
No commentsWill Washington, DC be imposing a bag tax in the near future?[MS-NBC] Some not-too-compelling arguments against the tax. []Examiner] Are designer reusable bags as green as you think? (Short answer: Yes.) [Inhabitat] Bahrain and FedEx team up on a campaign against plastic bags. [Gulf Daily News] An exasperated mother suggests a reusable bag makeover for [...]
Tags: Bahrain, Colorado, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags, Washington DC
Telluride Bag Challenge Rides Again
1 comment so farA few months ago, we reported the results of a friendly little wager between eco-conscious mountain towns Telluride and Aspen: which town could cut back more on plastic by shopping with reusable bags? The contest went on from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and Telluride’s win netted a prize of new solar panels for the [...]
Arizona House Bill Demands Plastic Bag Recycling
No commentsThe environment is taking a front seat in recent days with state representatives in Arizona: there is a new bill on the table, and it has its sights set on plastic bags. The bill, sponsored by AZ State Rep. Nancy Young Wright, asks national retailers and “big-box stores” to employ recycling programs for their plastic [...]
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 [...]
Iowa Forges a Bold Path Towards Going Green
No commentsThere’s a saying out there: go bold or go home. Some of us choose to go home, but the United States’ Midwest is going bold! To be specific, the great state of Iowa. Over the coming weeks and months, there may be some big changes in the old IA. For one thing, the Iowa City [...]
Tags: conservation, environmental policy, Iowa, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags
Friday Link Round-Up: 11/21/08
No commentsSeattle doesn’t want you to forget about your bags once the hype frenzy’s over. [NWCN] Connecticut continue to raise the bar on itself. [Mansfield Today] Meanwhile, New Jersey thinks a ban will only further the recession. [The Hub] Everything’s bigger in Texas, including environmental improvements. [Impact News] Vermont makes Fridays casual and plastic bag free! [...]
Tags: Connecticut, New Jersey, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle, Vermont
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 [...]
Canada Gets Back on the Reusable Bag Map!
No commentsJust a friendly reminder — the folks up in Canada are still thinking about plastic bags, a ban thereof, and what it means to their people. Unfortunately, today’s news from the icy north is bittersweet: while the city is still en route to banning the environmental nuisances, a new ordinance has pushed the ban’s start [...]
