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Add plastic bags to your Madison recycling list
Wisconsin State Journal -
By NICK HEYNEN Madison
Madison residents can add plastic bags to the list of items they’re required to recycle. (06.17.09) |
360: Recycling Plastic Bags
Earth911.com -
by Amanda Wills
Many of us have plastic bags stuffed into the doors of our cars, under the kitchen sink or in various nooks in the garage. With about 89 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps used each year, recycling is paramount.(06.15.09) |
Plastic bags may be trashed
Sun-Sentinel.com -
By Grace Chung
Single-use plastic bags, a staple of American life, have got to go, the United Nations' top environmental official said last week. (06.14.09) |
POWER SHIFT
Wall Street Journal -
By JEFFREY BALL
When plastic grocery bags were introduced some 30 years ago, they were touted as light, long-lasting and cheap. They caught on so well that ... (06.12.09) |
Reusable bags gaining ground on plastic
Lawrence Journal World - By Karrey Britt
There are tons of data on how unhealthy and costly it is to use plastic and paper bags. Lisa Foster, founder of California-based 1 Bag at a Time, ...
(06.11.09) |
Paper or Plastic? DC Council Votes for 5-Cent Tax
on Both
Washington Post - United States
By Tim Craig and Bill Turque The DC Council
voted unanimously yesterday to assess a 5-cent
tax on paper and plastic bags to try to discourage
their use, putting the District at the forefront
of efforts nationwide to promote reusable
shopping bags. (06.03.09) |
Melt-away plastics
Malaysia Star - Malaysia --
By WONG LI ZA
IF YOU have been feeling guilty using all those plastic bags for
your groceries, a green solution is at hand. A team of seven researchers from
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) has invented an award-winning material called
Greenphylic Water-Soluble Degradable Plastic, a polymer similar to plastic that
dilutes in water. (06.02.09) |
Shoppers support plastic bag fee
London Free Press - Canada
The era of free plastic bags is over in London supermarkets. It has disappeared
from two major grocery chains -- Loblaws and Sobeys -- in recent weeks and the
trifecta will be completed today when A & P stores
begin charging five cents for each plastic bag used by a customer. (06.01.09) |
Plastic bag ban works in cities, not rural areas
China Daily - China
And the reason for that is simple: cities seem to be winning the war against
plastic bags that the government declared on June 1 last year. Free distribution
of plastic bags was banned a year ago to save energy and protect the environment.
But while cities handed out 65 to 70 percent fewer plastic bags during the past
year, rural areas saw little change in the pattern. (05.31.09) |
Target bans plastic bags
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Victoria,Australia
Target traditionally hands over 100 million plastic bags to customers each year.
Target managing director Launa Inman said the move was aimed at changing ...
(05.30.09) |
A new health threat? Eco-friendly bags
Chicago Tribune - United States
Your eco-friendly shopping bag could be making you sick, a study says. But before you switch back to plastic, you might want to consider the source. (05.27.09) |
City on way to ban plastic bags
Times of India - India
PUNE: A proposal to enforce a complete ban on the use of plastic bags in the city has been approved by the civic standing committee on Tuesday. (05.27.09) |
Design Roundup: China's Plastic Savings, Wal-Mart's Expanding Scorecard and More BPA Research
Reuters - USA
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health found that drinking cold water normally out of water bottles that are made with bisphenol A (BPA) increases the amount of BPA in people's bodies (05.26.09) |
One year after plastic bag ban, how is China doing?
Xinhua - China
Just a year before, all shopping malls, supermarkets and open markets in Beijing provided free plastic bags. The 66-year-old Zhao still finds it hard to adopt to taking a bag when shopping. (05.05.09) |
No need to go back to plastic
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Just because a study into the safety of cloth grocery bags was sponsored by the plastics industry does not make it wrong. (05.25.09) |
Public environmental awareness improves a year after government plastic bag ban
Xinhua - China
Gao said she used to take it for granted when supermarkets offered free plastic bags. She never felt the urge to avoid using plastic bags although she was aware of "white" pollution caused by such bags. (05.23.09) |
Penang: Say no to plastic bags
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government plans to make every first Monday of the month a “no to plastic bags” day starting from July. (05.23.09) |
HC refuses interim stay on plastic bag ban
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an interim stay on the January 7 notification, banning plastic bags from public places in the Capital. (05.21.09) |
Grocers, big chains to promote reusable bags
Seattle Times - United States
By Emily Heffter Instead of hearing "paper or plastic?" the next time you check out at the grocery store, you may be asked, "Did you remember your bag? (05.20.09) |
Major Canadian Retailer To Charge For Plastic Bags
AHN - USA
The program, which officially starts June 1, 2009, will have Metro stores in Ontario and Quebec collect five cents for plastic shopping bags. (05.19.09) |
Recycling goal in Seattle to be acheived through plastic bag fee
Examiner.com - USA
Will assessing customers at grocery, drug and convenience stores a 20-cent fee for using paper and plastic bags achieve the Seattle City Council’s objective to reduce overall waste and increase recycling efforts? |
Metro grocery stores to charge for plastic bags
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Another major grocery store chain will soon ask shoppers in Ontario and Quebec to spend a nickel for each throwaway plastic bag, a practice that environmentalists believe will soon become the norm at supermarkets nationwide. (05.18.09) |
Tax would drastically cut plastic bag use, DC CFO says
Washington Examiner - Washington,DC,USA
Adding a 5-cent tax to the disposable bags used by most D.C. retailers will reduce the use of those river-clogging agents by 80 percent within four years, the District’s chief financial officer details in new projections. (05.17.09) |
Get Carried Away by the drive to reuse plastic bags
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
SHOPPERS and retailers in Wales who get through 480 million plastic bags a year are being targeted in a new campaign that starts today. (05.16.09) |
NC Senate passes plastic bag ban
United Press International - USA
The measure would ban larger stores, those with 5,000 square feet or more of floor space, from giving shoppers plastic bags, The Raleigh News & Observer reported. They would be allowed to use bags made from recycled paper. (05.14.09) |
Bill imposing tax on plastic bags pushed
Business Mirror - Philippines
TO discourage the use of plastic bag in supermarkets, groceries, service stations and similar establishments, a legislator wants to impose a P2.50 excise tax on these nonbiodegradable materials which, he said have contributed to the destruction of the environment. (05.10.09) |
Push to eliminate plastic bags in county retail begins Monday
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
"This ordinance will put Sacramento County at the forefront of reducing the proliferation of plastic and non-recyclable bags in our environment," Dickinson said... (05.09.09) |
North Carolina shoppers could pay extra for plastic bags
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
North Carolina lawmakers are considering a proposal to add a 10-20 cent tax on each plastic bag used in Dare, Currituck, and Hyde counties. (05.08.09)
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Last day for plastic bags at checkouts in South Australia
The Australian - Sydney, Australia
Article from: Australian AP CHECKOUT-style plastic bags will disappear from South Australian shops from the close of business today as the state becomes the first in the nation to ban them.
(05.03.09) |
Law would cost you some paper if you chose plastic
New York Daily News - New York, NY, USA
Those plastic bags from the supermarket could soon cost you. Lawmakers are trying to pass a bill in Albany that would allow the city to tack a 5-cent surcharge on plastic bags. (05.01.09) |
Plastic bag demand drops by 85 per cent at National Trust
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Demand for plastic carrier bags at National Trust shops has dropped by 85 per cent since a five pence charge was introduced a year ago. (04.30.09) |
IKEA's “No More Plastic Bag” movement
Packaging Digest - Oak Brook,IL,USA
It's been over six months since IKEA said “no more plastic bags” to be offered at IKEA US stores ... only go reusable. (04.30.09) |
Target plastic bag ban welcomed
ABC Online - Australia
Environmentalists campaigning against the use of disposable plastic bags have welcomed news another big retailer will stop giving them away. (05.01.09) |
Wake-Up Call: Paper, Plastic or Yours?
Gourmet Retailer - Coral Gables,FL,USA
They are emblazoned with the message "I AM NOT A PLASTIC BAG" in bold script, and feature a variety of somewhat impractical details such as a rope handle. (04.30.09) |
Target bans plastic bags next month
WA today - Perth,WA, Australia
RETAIL giant Target has confirmed it will ban plastic shopping bags in its Australian shops next month, saving an estimated 100 million bags a year. (04.30.09) |
Not plastic people
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Thus, I took the chance to attend the Earth Day dialogue “Plastic Bag: To Ban, or Not to Ban?” organised by the Penang state government last weekend. (04.26.09) |
Thrifty's tossing the plastic bags
Canada.com - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
Thrifty Foods will stop providing plastic carry-out bags at its stores as of July 22. Customers will be encouraged to bring their own reusable bags to carry groceries, the company said. (04.26.09) |
Warehouse donates plastic-bag profits
New Zealand Herald - By Eloise Gibson , New Zealand
Community groups will get the profits from a new scheme to sell plastic bags at The Warehouse. The red sheds began charging shoppers 10ca bag on Monday as part of a plan to cut plastic waste. (04.25.09) |
Whole Foods to stop using plastic bags by
Earth Day
(April 20, 2009) ENN |
Berkeley
Farmers Markets Ban on Plastic Bags and all
plastic packaging
(April 20, 2009) The Daily Californian |
UK Launches a campaign against plastic bags
(April 7, 2009) Reuters |
Plastic pollution may change cattle DNA
(March 12, 2009) Scientific American |
Where do all plastic bags come from?
(March 9) The Guardian |
Dry cleaners phase out plastic bags and
improve profits
(March 9, 2009) MSNBC |
Apple stores eliminating plastic bags
(March 9, 2009) |
Dallas Lawmaker sponsors bill to tax plastic
bags
(March 5, 2009)The Dallas Morning News |
Antilitter bill targets plastic bags,
Styrofoam boxes
(March 5, 2009) Associated Press |
Colorado bans statewide plastic bag ban
(Feb
27, 2009) Associated Press |
Westport Prepares for Ban on Plastic Bags
(Feb 19, 2009) Fairfield Minuteman |
Plastic Bag Use Falls by 26% in two years
(Feb 19, 2009) Daily Telegraph, UK |
Hong Kong to Launch Every Day No Plastic Bag
Day campaign
(Feb 19, 2009) Xinhua.com |
Baa atoll says no to plastic bags
(Feb 18, 2009) Maldives News |
Kaneohe Marine Base bans plastic shopping
bags
(Feb 17, 2009) The Honolulu Advertiser |
New Delhi outlaws the use of plastic bags
(Jan 18, 2009) Treehugger.com |
LA to ban plastic bags starting July 1, 2010
(July 23, 2008)
- Huffington Post |
Ban on Plastic Bags Broadened in San
Francisco
(May 23, 2008)
- Environmental News Network |
Plastic Bag Bans gain momentum around the
world
(April 8, 2008)
- John Roach for National Geographic
News |
Santa Monica seeks to ban plastic bags
(March 6, 2008)
-Christina Hanford, The Argonaut |
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State Plastic Bag Ban Considered
(February 5, 2008)
- Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times |
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Container Contest: County Takes A Look At Ban On Plastic Grocery Bags
(February 4, 2008)
- Rachel Tompa, Monterey County Herald |
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Motivated By A Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags (February 2, 2008)
- Lynda Arakawa, Honolulu Advisor |
Whole Foods retreats from plastic bags
(January 22, 2008)
-Market Watch |
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China Bans Free Plastic Bags (January 9, 2008)
- CNN |
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Plastic Bags Fly into Environmental Storm
(November 16, 2007)
- CNN |
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Human Behavior, Global Warming, and the Ubiquitous Plastic Bag
(September 30, 2007)
-Peter Applebome, New York Times |
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The Great Plastic Bag Plague
(September 5, 2007)
-Tara Lohan, AlterNet |
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Plastic Bags are Killing Us
(Aug. 10, 2007)
-Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon News |
