How Consumer Habits Are Sabotaging Plastic Bag Recycling

Posted April 9th, 2011 by admin

There are numerous reasons consumers should recycle grocery plastic bags. These include:
• Helping the supermarket keep overhead costs down, and this may result in more discounts for products sold in the store.
• Consumers are paid to return the bags. For instance, some supermarket corporations offer a 5 cent rebate on each bag returned.
• The environment [...]

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California Brownley Bag Ban And What Will It Mean To You

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 [...]

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