Weekly Link Round-Up: 11/06/09
No commentsMore California retailers try to stem the bag ban onslaught with preemptive incentives for reusable bags. [Sign On San Diego]
Welsh consumers take a mixed stance on Assembly’s bid for retail charges on disposable bags. [South Wales Argus]
England starts trials toward a reusable “seagull-proof” bag as an alternative to other shopping options. [Thanet Press Releases]
Target joins [...]
Bottled Water Backlash in London
No commentsDisposable plastic bags are capable of drawing massive ire from the eco-conscious wherever they show up, but bottled water isn’t very far behind at all. In the United Kingdom especially, bottles of water are looked to as the next target for banishment, and headway is already being made: the Thames Valley District school board is [...]
Tags: bottled water, England, environmental policy, London, plastic, plastics, school, UK
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 [...]
Paper Isn’t the Answer
1 comment so farWith all of the anger built up around disposable plastic bags and the hype built up to get them off the market, it isn’t hard to make a leap to the assumption that paper bags are the eco-savvy answer. Not so fast — the production process of paper is, in truth, just as costly and [...]
The Reusable Bag Agenda Across the Pond
No commentsThe holiday season is almost upon us, and shopping is about to go through the roof. How are you preparing for the loads you’ll be hauling away from the shops in the next month? Carrying out tons of paper and plastic bags is always an option, albeit far from the best option. In Fareham, over [...]
The Curious Case of the Recycled Tapir
No commentsTapirs are adorable! They look like a cross between an aardvark, a wombat, and a pig — and yet, they are most closely related to the horse and the hippopotamus. Who wouldn’t want to own one? Of course, being that they are on the endangered species list, it is a dream that cannot often be [...]
