October 23, 2013 – Portland Tribune –
Oregon is right to consider itself a sustainability leader, but a recent reader submission (Don’t let plastic bag ban blow in the wind, Oct. 3) fundamentally misunderstands the role that plastic bags play in the waste stream and what our industry has done to enable responsible disposal.
More »October 20, 2013 – Chicago Reader –
Crocheting mats for the homeless using yarn (ahem, “plarn”) made from discarded plastic shopping bags is a brilliant idea. Ruth Werstler, founder of the local volunteer group New Life for Old Bags, admits she didn’t exactly come up with it.
More »October 15, 2013 – The Tribune Papers –
After six months of deliberation and two research presentations, the Henderson County Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) voted unanimously on September 5 to suggest that the Henderson County Commissioners should NOT ban plastic bags in Henderson County.
More »October 10, 2013 – American Chemistry Council –
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and a coalition of businesses, government agencies, and recycling advocates today launched a campaign to significantly increase recycling of plastics bags and other plastic film products, such as wraps for everyday consumer products.
More »October 9, 2013 – My Suburban Life –
It takes a lot of work, but residents at the Oak Trace senior living community are turning bags that usually end up in the trash into something that can make a big difference for the homeless. Since April, the group has been participating in the New Life for Old Bags program, which takes used plastic bags and weaves them into padded sleeping mats….
More »October 1, 2013 – KFOX14 –
The City of El Paso wants the public’s help to turn thousands of plastic bags into a park bench. The city is working with the Trex Company to create this plastic bag recycling challenge with the hopes of turning 70,000 bags into a park bench.
More »September 30, 2013 – The Citizens' Voice –
The misguided plastic bag tax that state Sen. Daylin Leach is proposing for Pennsylvania would do absolutely nothing to solve an environmental problem. Plastic bags are a minuscule portion of the garbage that Americans produce — less than half of one percent — and are made with American natural gas, contrary to what the op-ed claims. The impact on the oceans would also be minimal given that the vast majority of marine debris is actually discarded fishing gear, not grocery bags.
More »September 4, 2013 – Hamodia –
Look out! The plastic-bag police may be coming to a store near you! That’s because New York City Councilmembers Brad Lander and Margaret Chin are seriously considering passing a bill that will tax plastic bag use at 10 cents a bag. Stores will have to charge the fee to customers who want to haul off their purchases in plastic bags. Stores that don’t comply will be slapped with a $250 fine per violation.
More »September 2, 2013 – Statesman Journal –
Outlawing plastic bags is the wrong solution.Plastic bag bans haven’t been successful. Bans don’t reduce litter, have increased shoplifting, caused huge shifts toward using paper bags, and harm food banks and charities that reuse plastic bags. Reusable bags can leave a carbon footprint 28 times greater, can’t be recycled and spread disease from contamination; and imported bags from China may contain unhealthy levels of lead.
More »August 14, 2013 – Corvallis Gazette Times –
With the push from President Obama to reduce greenhouse emissions, the question of plastic, paper or reusable shopping bags made in China makes the bag ban seem countereffective. Thin-filmed recyclable plastic bags were made to reduce greenhouse emissions, save trees, and save shipping across the world. The City Council has banned them in favor of reusable nonrecyclable (mostly) plastic shopping bags made in China. Bags made overseas in China have the largest carbon footprint of all the options. So should we follow the president or our City Council?
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