Posted December 26th, 2011 by admin
Lead by San Francisco back in 2007, plastic bag bans in cities are growing in popularity. It is hard to dispute the positive environmental impact of plastic bag bans, but heated debate still surrounds the topic. For consumers, those in opposition to such bans cite inconvenience and the expense of having to purchase bags. Merchants, [...]
Tags: clean air council, Insulated grocery bags, Plastic Bag Bans, plastic bag particles, Reusable Bags
Posted November 28th, 2011 by admin
Reusable shopping and grocery bags are one of the easiest changes to make to impact the planet in a positive way. Plastic bags are ubiquitous when shopping for goods, and people tend to take them for granted. The truth is that plastic bags are taking a heavy toll on the environment. Plastic debris can be [...]
Tags: eco-friendly bags, grocery bags, Reusable Bags, reusable eco-friendly bags
Posted November 7th, 2011 by admin
Reusable bags have become nearly universal at the grocery store, but have you considered putting your organization’s logo on a reusable bag? These bags are becoming the trendiest movement in brand promotion as people turn away from disposable paper or plastic bags.
The Napa Valley CanDo group reports that Napa County, California disposes of 68 million [...]
Tags: bans on plastic bags, charity bags, disposable bags, Eco-Friendly, logo bags, logo reusable bags, Napa Valley CanDo group, plastic bag, reusable bag, Reusable Bags
Posted September 1st, 2011 by admin
There have been revolutionary changes observed in the neighborhood markets. The changes have not only been seen in terms of the materials used, but also for the types of things used. There has been no Shops and habitable areas display no specification about what to use and how to use. However, being aware of the [...]
Tags: eco-friendly materials, plastics, Reusable Shopping Bags
Posted May 14th, 2011 by admin
In the 1980s and 1990s, baggers at grocery stores offered shoppers a choice between “paper or plastic,” but now in the new century, this practice has become as rare as full-service gas stations largely because the majority of people choose plastic. However, one elegant solution is to pull out your own customized imprinted bags made [...]
Tags: Customized Imprinted Bags, Imprinted Bags, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, reusable materials
Posted May 13th, 2011 by admin
Since shoppers may be buying groceries for their whole family, they feel that they have insufficient reusable bags to haul away their purchases. In addition, shoppers like the fact that plastic bags can be reused as bin liners.
In an effort to combat this type of simplistic thinking, government organizations and environmental [...]
Tags: bags are littering the planet, bin liners, eco-friendly bags, non-biodegradable plastic bags, Plastic Bags, polypropylene bags, Reusable Bags, single-use plastic bags
Posted August 2nd, 2010 by admin
While the movement to go green promotes an eco-consciousness that will create a sustainable environment, many champions of the new ecology toting reusable shopping bags, appear to miss a salient point: stay clean when you go green. According to a recent study at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, researchers found 97 percent [...]
Tags: eco-consciousness, Loma Linda University, new ecology, Reusable Bags, Reusable Shopping Bags, sustainable environment, University of Arizona, woven polypropylene bags
Posted July 4th, 2010 by admin
While the traditional colors of the US Navy are blue and gold, this military branch is mixing it up with a little green. The Navy has plans to award more shipbuilding and weapons contracts to favor companies that provide energy efficient products.
In the works is a “Great Green Fleet” carrier strike group consisting of ships [...]
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, dependence on petroleum-based products, eco-friendliness, energy efficient biofuel, fighter jet, fossil fuels, Great Green Fleet, Green Hornet, reduce carbon emissions, Reusable Bags, Reusable Grocery Bags, US Navy, US Navy Green Hornet
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
Posted June 9th, 2010 by admin
The city of Edmonton is taking the lead to curtail the use of plastic bags by 50% within the next 5 years.
In 2008, it was estimated that Albertan’s used about 5 plastic bags each, which cumulatively added up to a total of 900 million bags.
The Minister of Environment, Robert Renner, said in a recent statement [...]
Tags: alternatives to plastic bags, Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores, Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, City of Edmonton, educating consumers, environment and plastic bags, fabric bags, plastic bags distributed in Alberta, plastic bags littering, plastic shopping bags, reduce use of plastic bags, Retail Council of Canada, Reusable Shopping Bags
