Reuse This Bag Supports Assembly Bill 68!
No commentsCalifornia state assemblymember Julia Brownley is on a mission to reduce the amount of disposable shopping bags being wasted and littered across the landscape every day in California, and she has a plan: Assembly Bill 68, a bill which would assign a 25-cent fee to plastic, paper, and compostable grocery bags in an effort to [...]
Tags: AB 68, Assembly Bill 68, California, conservation, environmental policy, Julia Brownley, paper bags, plastic bags, pollution, reusable bags
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/17/09
No commentsReusable bags: more popular than ever! [Albany Times-Union] Eva Longoria-Parker and H-E-B promote reusable bags for Earth Day! [Houston Chronicle] Reusable bag sales raise money and awareness for students in Lakeside, MN. [Chisago County Press] Plastic bag pollution in Tanzania referred to as “alarming.” [IPP Media] Reusable bags an appealing choice in the Silicon Valley. [...]
Tags: Africa, California, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, Minnesota, New York, Ozarks, plastic bags, pollution, reusable bags
Are Coffee Cups Next?
No commentsWith the assault on disposable plastic bags in full effect, a common criticism is that we are unfairly picking on the plastic bag industry while other (arguably) bigger and badder bits of refuse get a free pass to landfill heaven. All in good time, my friends — we’re getting to them. The city of Toronto, [...]
Plastic Bag Fee Bill AB 2058: YOU Can Help!
No commentsCalifornia Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s Assembly Bill AB 2058 — a bill that, if passed, would demand a 25-cent environment-supporting tariff for each and every disposable plastic bag handed out at grocery stores — has been kicking around for months now, but unfortunately it seems to have stalled somewhere along the committee decision line. Corporations and [...]
Tags: activism, California, environmental policy, Heal the Bay, plastic bags, pollution
China Bids Farewell to Free Plastic Bags
No commentsSince environmental action, by its very nature, has to be global in order to be successful, it’s certainly heartening to see efforts taking hold all over. Effective June 1st (this past Sunday, to be exact), the reusable bag revolution hit China as a free plastic bag ban went into effect all across the mainland. As [...]
