Posted June 9th, 2011 by admin
Why the Government May Tax or Ban Plastic Bags Plastic shopping bags are not as innocent as they seem and there is a good reason why they have become a topic of serious debate in municipal governments. In fact, the US government itself may have to get involved in the case against plastic bags. There [...]
Tags: eco-friendly bags, Environmental Protection Agency, environmentalists and legislatures, facts about plastic bags, filling up landfills, littering landscapes, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, plastic shopping bags, Santa Monica California, Successful Legislation against Plastic Bags
Posted June 1st, 2011 by admin
New York City’s Independent Budget Office has suggested charging a tax of 6 cents on single use plastic bags. This would make a dent in their multi-billion dollar deficit up to the tune of $94 million per year. This is just one example of how charging for plastic bags can be used as a tool [...]
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Posted May 20th, 2011 by admin
When grocery shopping, it is all too common for baggers to simply dump everything in plastic bags because 80 percent of supermarkets and convenience stores have them in abundance and consumers are habituated to using them. Plastic bags are popular because they are sturdier, cheap to make, and plenteous. The more shoppers, however, who can [...]
Tags: grocery shopping, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bag Bans, Plastic Bags, Reusable Shopping Bags
Posted May 18th, 2011 by admin
According to Mayor Pat Ahumuda, plastic bag bans have significantly cleaned up the city of Brownsville because it has eliminated well over 350,000 bags. Instead of using plastic bags, consumers now spend 79 cents to buy reusable bags with the slogan, “Keep Texas Green.” Two other Texan communities have approved a ban on plastic bags: [...]
Tags: Fort Stockton, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bag Bans, plastic bag taxes, Plastic Bags, policy disputes, South Padre Island
Posted May 16th, 2011 by admin
Plastic bags threaten the environment because they are virtually indestructible. Made out of petroleum, the polyethylene that composes plastic bags takes about 1,000 years to disintegrate. These bags are viewed around the world as a growing menace to the environment. Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Israel, Italy, and South Africa are some of the countries that [...]
Tags: menace to the environment, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bag Bans, Plastic Bag Laws, plastic bag taxes, Plastic Bags, Reusable Bags, United Nations environmental reports
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 agencies around the [...]
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 April 17th, 2011 by admin
The world is full of paradoxes and what some people consider a crisis, others consider an opportunity, and what most consider adverse circumstances, a minority considers a favorable chance for remarkable progress. Entrepreneurs, who have often made their fortunes from finding solutions to problems, are notorious for not wasting a good crisis and this attitude [...]
Tags: adverse circumstances, agricultural efforts, alternative energy, eco-entrepreneurial ventures, ecological concerns, Entrepreneurs, environmental degradation, green revolution, Organic Farming, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags
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. [...]
Tags: environment, Environmental costs, marine life, non-biodegradable, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, recycle
Posted September 20th, 2010 by admin
For many of those in the United States aware of the burgeoning need to safeguard the environment, it comes as no surprise that the city of San Francisco is leading the charge of eco-consumerism. Whether it’s shopping for an eco-friendly detergent or an eco-product like reusable bags, the city of San Francisco can help you [...]
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