Posted September 1st, 2010 by admin
Every year, Californians use an inordinate amount of plastic bags, averaging about 5,000 a person, which adds up to a colossal 19 billion. It costs about $25 million per annum for municipalities to dispose of them in landfills. These staggering figures may be due to the fact that only 5 % of the plastic bags [...]
Tags: American Chemistry Council, Assembly Bill 1998, Brownley Bag Ban, California, Heal the Bay, marine life, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, protect wildlife, Reusable Bags, Sacramento, Santa Monica bay
Posted June 21st, 2010 by admin
In 2007, San Francisco was the first U.S. city to ban the use of plastic bags, followed almost immediately by Oakland and Palo Alto. But now three years later, many cities are also considering introducing a ban on paper bags as well.
While restricting the use of plastic bags has had many positive results, such as [...]
Tags: Berkeley and Santa Clara County, city ban on plastic bags, Coalition to Support Plastic Bag Recycling, environmental activism, environmental price, increased use of paper bags, nonprofit environmental group, paper bag production, plastic or paper bag usage, positive effect on the environment, restricting the use of plastic bags, San Francisco, San Jose, Save the Bay, use of plastic bags, using paper bags
