The county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to move ahead with an ordinance that would ban the use of plastic bags at retail shops and impose a surcharge on paper bags. The intent is to promote greater use of reusable bags, such as canvas bags ...
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County moves forward with shopping bag ban – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Celebrate the Arrival of Spring with a Cherry Blossom … – PRLog (free press release)
Farmer's Markets are reopening and Modernest's new Cherry Blossom bag provides a welcome burst of color and seasonal optimism in an eco-friendly tote bag. More and more cities are actively discouraging the use of plastic bags. As part of this trend ...
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Consumers must share blame for litter – LETTER – North Bay Nugget
It is with some amusement that coffee giants like Tim Hortons have become the target of environmentalists during Earth Week 2010. They have come down hard on Timmy's for promoting the use of their famous take-out cup and filling the landfill sites ...
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South City considers fee for nonreusable bags – San Francisco Examiner
The South San Francisco City Council agreed recently to pursue creating a voluntary program prohibiting the use of plastic and paper bags in retail stores. (Mike Koozmin/Special to The Examiner) In hopes of cleaning landfills and city streets, the ...
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DEP: Discourage Use of Paper and Plastic Bags – The Ledger
TALLAHASSEE | The Department of Environmental Protection suggested Monday that Florida lawmakers should take steps to "discourage" the use of paper and plastic grocery bags but stopped well short of recommending a ban. A much anticipated report that ...
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Plan for reusable bag payments faces key vote – San Francisco Examiner
The rebate proposal follows a long series of laws adopted by San Francisco that are intended to reduce waste and eliminate the use of products considered harmful to the environment, such as the 2007 ban on plastic bags and the ban on Styrofoam ...
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tool name – Biloxi Sun Herald
Herb and plant related growers, artists and speakers will be featured, and growers will showcase blueberries to herbs, flowers, art-related garden items, music and more in an ... Take reusable grocery bags to the store
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Haute Homemade: How to wrap without paper – Anniston Star
... her Korean heritage and the use of bojagi — beautiful, reusable wrapping scarves. According to Lee's book, The Wrapping Scarf Revolution,Koreans use wrapping scarves the same way Americans use wrapping paper and gift bags, except the scarves ...
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Taking small steps towards greener world – Gulf News
... of readers are reducing their impact on the environment by eating less meat — just 2 per cent fewer than those who have committed to eliminating the use of plastic bags. According to ..
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FAU finds it easy being green – Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
FAU Dining Services will also offer a reusable take-out “Eco-Clamshell” containers in the Center Marketplace dining hall for $5 to help eliminate the use of Styrofoam boxes. A student can return the clean container after it has been used in ...
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