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Information Update: Using Reusable Grocery Bags and Bins – PR Inside

June 14, 2010
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/14/10 -- The Government of Canada is reminding Canadians to take steps to prevent cross-contamination of foods when shopping using reusable grocery bags and bins. As an environmental ...
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Information Update: Using Reusable Grocery Bags and Bins – Earthtimes

June 14, 2010
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 06/14/10 -- The Government of Canada is reminding Canadians to take steps to prevent cross-contamination of foods when shopping using reusable grocery bags and bins.
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UAE pushes for a future free of plastic bags – Gulf News

February 1, 2010
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Abu Dhabi: The UAE Government is working towards having the use of plastic bags eliminated in the near future, Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahd, the Minister of Environment and Water, said on Monday. "In line with the government's decision to phase out ...
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Resolving to be ‘green’ – Mining Journal

January 8, 2010
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MARQUETTE - New Year's - the season of resolutions, diets and exercise. According to the government Web site USA.gov, the most popular New Year's resolutions include losing weight, getting fit, drinking less alcohol and quitting smoking. The coming ...
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Holland and Barrett becomes first major retailer to ban plastic bags – Daily Telegraph

January 1, 2010
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Customers at the chain's 539 shops will no longer be offered disposable bags to carry home their purchases, as part ... rest of the high street to follow us and move Britain a step closer to a total bag ban." Mr Aldis also called on the Government to ...
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Plastic bags banned as part of climate change – Adelaide Now

December 17, 2009
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The South Australian Government introduced a similar ban in April and the major grocery stores started selling 15c reusable plastic bags. In the first two months, grocery-giant Woolworths sold 400,000 bags - making $60,000
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OPINION: A positive step at last for Phuket – Phuket Gazette

November 25, 2009
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PHUKET CITY: In a show of public-private sector co-operation, Phuket’s major retailers are working with the government to institute a nominal fee for shoppers who carry off their purchases in plastic bags. The first of its kind in Thailand, the ...
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Politics of Fashion, Green is the New Black! – PRLog (free press release)

November 16, 2009
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Green is the color of politics today. The economy and the environment are making everyone see green.
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More cash for recycling in Bishop’s Castle (From Ludlow Advertiser) – This is Ludlow

October 24, 2009
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A £10,000 Government grant will enable a scheme to cut waste and boost recycling to be introduced in Bishop’s Castle. Shropshire Council, in partnership with the Bishop’s Castle Wasteless Society, has been awarded £10,000 to spend on a variety ...
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