Plastic Bags for Environment, Parks?  share 1 day ago by Ben Look to be charged five cents for every disposable paper or plastic carryout bag beginning January 1, 2010 in Washington, D.C.’s grocery and other retail stores. The resulting revenue will help pay for a new Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Fund. Administered by the District’s Department of th ... City Parks Blog - cityparksblog.org · Rank: 174,508 |
| DC bill adds plastic shopping bag charge share 1 day ago by pandemicgreen I once read this article about this chick in a British town that encouraged all the locals to switch to cloth, reusable bags. Amazing. And now Mayor Fenty in DC is encouraging residents to do the same! According to DCist: Mayor Adrian Fenty signed into law today the bill that will establish a 5 cent ... PandemicGreen - pandemicgreen.com ·  1 reference |
| Eco-friendly idea: Upcycling share 1 day ago by saramason Until the day comes that all products are packaged in affordable, durable, biodegradable or recyclable packaging, all we can do is make the best of things. TerraCycle has turned this idea into a very profitable business. Co-founders Tom Szaky and Jon Beyer take packages and materials that are challe ... Mom-Me - saramason.wordpress.com · Rank: 127,567 · 10 references |
| Plastic bags are acceptable but paper bags are not? share 1 day ago by SriRam Vadlamani Surprise! That is what environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh has to say about paper bags. They cannot be an alternative to plastic bags because paper comes from trees and more paper used is more trees felled. Plastic itself is a chemically inert substance, used world-wide for packaging and i ... Indianomics - indianomics.com · Rank: 119,264 · 16 references |
| Knitting Gadget Sack share 1 day ago by Knitting Stitches I like to keep things organized and usually use plastic bags to hold stitch markers, cable needles, and other small knitting gadgets. The problem is that after a few times of opening and closing the plastic bag, it either rips or tears and as a result I end up losing a few items here and there. The ... Knit to Donate to Charity - knitdonatetocharity.com |
| The Culture of the Bag share 1 day ago by Rocky My wife and I have this on-going joke about the baggers in conventional grocery stores and how they get all flustered when you bring in your own reusable bags. This afternoon we brought in two bags from Whole Foods and were anxious to see how the baggers at the conventional grocery store handled thi ... The Life2 Project - rockytilney.com |
| Fenty signs bill for plastic bag tax share 2 days ago by Alex Byers Mayor Adrian M. Fenty today signed a bill that will require consumers to pay a five-cent tax to use plastic bags at grocery, convenience, and other retail stores in the District, several news outlets have reported. The D.C. City Council gave final approval to the bill last month. The new law, which ... GW Hatchet Blogs » Newsroom - blogs.gwhatchet.com · Rank: 61,038 · 33 references |
| Blue Sky Bags share 2 days ago by Lisa Continuing with this week’s category of bags, my friend Beth sent me the link to these. This is a very creative way to recycle. These eye-catching handbags are made entirely of ordinary materials like plastic shopping bags. The Richmond, VA, designer’s name is Mandy and her shop is Blue Sky Bags. Sh ... Why I like… - whyilike.wordpress.com |
| Return to Eden share 2 days ago by Kathy Over the weekend we visited the natural foods grocery Return to Eden in our ongoing quest to find some truly meltable vegetarian cheeses. It's been awhile since I've been to R2E, and I was nostalgic walking by the food bins because I remembered all the times I'd held that little lever down and watch ... GEORGIAGREENDININGGUIDE.COM - georgiagreendiningguide.com |
| Mother Nature and Plastic share 2 days ago by abeuro Today I have learned of the oceanic gyre, currents that slowly circulate in a ring trapping our garbage, the North Pacific gyre. Plastic being the main ingredient of this six million ton island (said to be twice the size of Texas), the mind boggles. Nature finds a way, says Ive done my bit now you d ... Abs World - abeuro.wordpress.com |
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