It isn’t always a comfortable situation to walk into a store carrying another store’s reusable bags. Generally bags have the logo of where you purchased it from to keep their costs down (advertising) and to keep you coming back to them.
The Chamber in one area, with support from the Community Foundation, made a Tri-Cities-wide...
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Chamber of Commerce & Grand Haven Area Community Create Own Reusable Bags
DC to charge 5 cents to use Paper/Plastic Grocery bags
Shoppers using paper or plastic bags for their groceries will be charged a 5 cent fee in the District of Columbia for each bag they use, as the district joins the growing number of U.S. cities targeting disposable bags as a way to reduce trash.
The DC Council gave unanimous approval June 2 to legislation...
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Canada Health has tips for Reusable Bag users
Reusable Bag users! CBCnews.ca has an important article
Health Canada’s tips to prevent cross-contamination include:
When using cloth bags, make sure to wash them frequently, especially after carrying fresh produce, meat, poultry or fish.
Reusable grocery bags may not all be machine washable. If they aren’t, wash them frequently by hand, with hot soapy water. Plastic bins...
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N.C. plastic bag ban waiting for governor’s sig
Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to sign the bill that bans large local retailers from using the ubiquitous bags, spokeswoman. The state Senate passed the bill 44-2 on Monday.
The law would go into effect Sept. 1, right before the last big travel weekend of the summer. It applies only to the barrier islands of...
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Plastic Bag ban voted down by Philadelphia Council
The Philadelphia City Council yesterday voted down a measure that would have blocked the usage carry-home plastic bags from major stores. Allowing only paper, compostable plastic, and reusable bags.
The 10-6 vote came after the environmental committee earlier this year withdrew a similar bill, which would have enacted a 25-cent fee on plastic bags. Which...
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Council member Steve Bernheim and Edmond’s Grocery bags
Council member Steve Bernheim has written a letter to jump on board with the Seattle’s plan to charge a fee to those using plastic bags. He lists out many great arguments why Edmonds should do it. The letter does a very good job at pointing out the problems and how reduction in non-reusable bags...
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D.C. Council vote to financially encourage ReUsable Bags
11 out of 13 members of the D.C. Council have endorsed legislation that will place the District in the forefront of national efforts to reduce the issue of local pollution.
The legislation, authored by council member Tommy Wells, will impose a 5 cent tax on plastic and paper carryout bags from a variety of food...
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Palo Alto board voted 7-1 to ban plastic bags at supermarkets
The Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, Attorney Stephen Joseph said Monday he plans to sue Palo Alto. In preparing a “mitigated negative declaration” for the ordinance rather than a full environmental study. The plastics industry group argues that the ban will actually harm the environment by forcing shoppers to switch to paper bags.
A six-month...
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Texas – 7% tax on plastic shopping bags
We knew the writing was on the wall… state reps would start to take notice and try to find a way to lower the number of plastic bags being used by stores. While I looked around for information on what the rules will be and where the tax dollars will go, I found the...
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Bloomberg To Charge For Plastic Bags
By Lisa Fogarty (queenstribune.com)
When it comes to raising revenue for the City’s crippling economy, Mayor Bloomberg is thinking outside the bag.
Last week he announced a new proposal to charge grocery store shoppers six cents for each plastic bag they receive while bagging their groceries. The plan serves a dual purpose, according to Jason Post,...
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