July 31, 2012 – Earth 911 –
Plastic bags and packaging are made of polyethylene (PE) film. These bags and product wrappers aren’t commonly accepted by curbside recycling programs because they are thin, flexible and tend to cause problems with sorting machinery. However, according to a recent report, consumers now have greater access than ever to recycling options due to the growing number of grocers and retailers offering public collection bins.
More »July 31, 2012 – Philly Now –
Philly Now warns that as pet owners may be less inclined to pick up after their dogs if plastic bags are banned, the result could end up in the water streams. “Buying separate bags just for dogs? Some people might do that—but I don’t need a study to tell me that some people won’t.”
More »July 30, 2012 – Real Clear Science –
Across the country, cities are joining the latest environmental trend – banning plastic grocery bags. Concerned about the amount of plastic that reaches our oceans and the impact on wildlife, communities have decided that banning the bags is a simple and environmentally responsible approach. But is it? What does the science say?
More »July 22, 2012 – FoxNews.com –
Plastic bags make up only a fraction of a percent of the total litter stream, so banning them won’t have an impact on litter. However, I, like everyone else in America, don’t want litter and that is why I am so proud of the recycling process that my co-workers have developed.
More »July 15, 2012 – Chain Store Age –
The way that people do their grocery shopping in Austin, Portland and Seattle has changed, by government decree. In all three cities, city councils have enacted bans on plastic bags. With this trend in the national spotlight, business owners on the front lines of this change may be asking: What does this mean for my business? Might similar legislation be headed my way?
More »July 12, 2012 – The News Tribune –
We hear the question almost every time we shop: “Paper or plastic?” But perhaps the real question we should be asking is: “Fact or fiction?” As the debate over plastic bags and whether we should tax or ban them moves to localities — most recently Thurston County and Olympia — it’s about time we have a debate on the facts instead of ideology and rhetoric, as desired by those who are looking to ban plastic bags.
More »July 10, 2012 – The Seattle Times –
It has been nearly two weeks since Seattle’s ban on throwaway plastic bags at groceries went into effect. I am not happy about this ban. I like plastic bags. They’re useful. And I’m annoyed that a similar measure — a tax on plastic and paper bags — was put in by the Seattle City Council and rejected in a public vote, and that this time they did it without a public vote.
More »July 1, 2012 – Washington Policy Center –
The problem for the City is that the ban is likely to increase other types of environmental impact. The City’s own analysis found that plastic bags use less energy than paper bags and, depending on the number of uses, reusable bags. That same research found that other types of bags use more water.
More »June 24, 2012 – Wall Street Journal –
With the urging of environmental groups backed by the celebrity firepower of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the city of Los Angles banned plastic supermarket bags last week. The law received added support from the Los Angeles Times, which published a house editorial encouraging the city council to enact the ban.
More »June 15, 2012 – Business Insider –
Which is the most earth-friendly: paper bags, plastic bags or cloth bags? The answer to the question depends upon whether or not you really believe in science, because as they say in certain environmental activist circles, the “science is settled”!
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