January 2, 2013 – The Daily Journal –
Who wins from San Mateo County’s plastic bag ban? The truth is, no one. Nearly 2,000 California taxpayers with good manufacturing wages who rely on the state’s bag and recycling industry will be threatened by this misguided policy. Small and large businesses will face displeased customers and added costs. And the environment will also lose as consumers are forced to adopt less environmentally-friendly alternatives.
More »December 17, 2012 – ASU News –
Well-meaning Phoenix residents place 33 million plastic bags into recycling bins each year. But doing so does much more harm than good, and a group of ASU students has stepped forward with a public service campaign aimed at educating the community regarding the proper disposal and recycling of plastic bags.
More »December 14, 2012 – Orange County Register –
The sincerely well-meaning and the outright meddlesome in cities throughout the nation seek to ban plastic shopping bags to protect the environment, reduce oil consumption and fight litter. Bans, such as being studied in Irvine and enacted in Laguna Beach, Dana Point and Los Angeles, seem reasonable. But well-intentioned and meddlesome government attempts to make things better, often have unintended consequences that make things worse.
More »December 9, 2012 – Culver City Patch –
Tonight, the Culver City City Council will meet to discuss restricting the use of convenient, consumer-preferred, 100 percent recyclable plastic grocery bags, the kind of bags my company manufactures right here in Los Angeles, California. In advance of the meeting, I wanted to let readers know exactly why misguided legislation restricting plastic grocery bags would be the wrong decision for the environment, for you and for the local economy.
More »December 4, 2012 – In The Hopper –
You might have seen this infographic purporting to reveal “the dangers of plastic bags” circulating over the past couple weeks. The problem is, rather than sharing factual information, the ‘facts’ promoted by this artist’s rendition of a collection of myths paint a misleading picture of how plastic bags impact our lives and our environment and isn’t based off any real science or research.
More »December 4, 2012 – Boston Herald –
A recent column by Margery Eagan fails to mention that the alternatives to plastic bags are much worse for the environment than the bags she hopes to ban (Nov. 18). Paper bags depend on cutting down trees, unlike plastic bags, which in the United States come from natural gas. Reusable bags may be even worse; they require so much more energy to produce than plastic bags that they must be used 131 times before they become equal in carbon consumption to a single plastic bag.
More »December 3, 2012 – Press-Citizen.com –
Iowa City Council members and city staff said Tuesday night they are not interested in pursuing a plastic bag ban for the city.
More »November 27, 2012 – Ashland Daily Tidings –
And the conclusions aren’t what you’d expect. They show plastic bags are greener than paper bags, disposable plastic cups have fewer impacts than reusable ceramic mugs and owning a dog is worse than driving an SUV.
More »November 26, 2012 – Coloradoan.com –
Fort Collins City Council backed away from banning disposable bags Tuesday in favor of education efforts geared toward recycling them and reducing their use. But council moved ahead with a proposal to require citizens and businesses to recycle cardboard.
More »November 25, 2012 – Oregon Live –
A plastic bag is really good in terms of global warming impact, chemical use, water use, just all those environmental impacts we think about — a plastic bag is really good compared to other types of bags.
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