November 25, 2012 – The Berkshire Eagle –
They line bathroom wastebaskets, neatly confining yucky stuff like used dental floss, germy tissues and empty toothpaste tubes. They take our no-longer-needed things to Good Will. They make it possible to carry five or six bags of groceries from the car at one time. They confine the juices if the meat package or quart of milk leaks and are the clean-hands approach to scooping the poop on a dog walk.
More »November 15, 2012 – The Daily Journal –
Plastic bags are now recyclable in the county but not at the curbside. Instead, they can be dropped off for free at the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, RethinkWaste announced yesterday. Referred to a “film plastic,” the types of accepted plastic bags include grocery, dry cleaning, produce, bread and frozen food bags or any type of plastic bag that stretches when pulled, according to RethinkWaste, a joint powers authority comprised of most cities in the county that owns the Shoreway facility.
More »November 12, 2012 – Oregon Live –
The Portland City Council should be looking for ways to reduce the regulatory burdens stifling local businesses. Instead, it will consider a proposal on Thursday that would increase them: an expansion of the city’s year-old ban on single-use plastic bags.
More »November 12, 2012 – PennLive.com –
As the leader of the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, a statewide trade association advocating for the retail food industry, I wanted to respond to Ann Whitner Pinca’s guest column (“An answer to helping the environment is in the bag,” Oct. 24). Our members’ view is that it’s important for consumers to recycle plastic bags or use reusable bags and not litter.
More »November 6, 2012 – AspenDailyNews.com –
Weighing in on an advisory ballot question, voters in Snowmass Village said town leaders should not pursue a potential ban or fee on the use of plastic bags. Ballot measure 2A received 730 votes, or 53 percent, opposing a potential policy to regulate the use of plastic bags, while 655 (47 percent) voted for action on the issue.
More »November 5, 2012 – KTVZ.com –
If the bags are not cleaned properly, they could be making you sick. Experts say if you fill your grocery bag with raw meats during a trip to the store, and then come back a week later and fill the same bag with vegetables without washing, it could cause you to cross-contaminate.
More »November 4, 2012 – OrovilleMR.com –
As a courtesy clerk at a local grocery store, I think banning the use of plastic bags is useless. Everyone litters but it doesn’t mean we are going to ban everything else. I believe banning the bags won’t make any difference and that it’s just going to cost us more because paper bags cost more than plastic.
More »October 25, 2012 – BigIslandNow.com –
Banning plastic bags here in Hawaii may be less about “making a difference” and more about fulfilling a false sense of accomplishment. If the Hawaii County Council were really focused on sustainability and a clean environment, they would have kept their attention on more potent issues.
More »October 15, 2012 – KLCC.org –
The Council voted 4-3 against moving forward with an ordinance similar to Corvallis, which bans plastic bags and charges a small fee for paper. Councilor David Allen cited the close Task Force vote.
More »October 14, 2012 – The Witchita Eagle –
With four or five reusable totes, you might personally replace 520 plastic bags a year. But you need to be clever to be green and healthy. So let”s tote up the smart moves.
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