Usually, while entering a supermarket, shoppers are given a choice between plastic or paper bags in order to carry their groceries back home. If you are carrying your own reusable grocery tote then it is considered to be an excellent environmental reform. Some of the US states have already started charging shoppers a few cents for the bags. In New Jersey this could take place if the pending bills … [Read more...]
Within a Year Busch Gardens Plans to End the Usage of Plastic Bags
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the people of USA rushing to switch from plastic bags to reusable totes and seed paper bags,Busch Gardens and Water County also are following this transition. Sea World Parks and Entertainment stated that it would eliminate the usage of plastic covers and shopping bags from all its ten theme parks, which include the ones mentioned above. … [Read more...]
So Many Reusable Bag Ideas for Green Shoppers
August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Inevitably, shopping leads to mountains of plastic bags being produced and dumped into the environment. Being a responsible citizen, you will need to practice eco-friendly shopping measures to reduce the plastic output drastically. One way of doing so is by using seed paper bags and reusable totes while going shopping. Even though using plastic bags is considered to be a modern convenience, the … [Read more...]
Eco-Friendly Lifestyles Taught to Baruch University Students
May 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Baruch University is one of the renowned colleges in New York City, USA. It has been in the media for all the right reasons and included in the list of top colleges in the region. Some magazines and newspapers like Princeton Review, Forbes and U.S. News & World Report have ranked the college among one of the best in New York City. It is also known for encouraging students belonging to … [Read more...]
Theme Parks Aim At Plastic Free Environment
May 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you have traveled the United States, chances are you have visited at least one of the 11 SeaWorld theme parks. The SeaWorld amusement park is known to be one of the five biggest amusement parks in the world. Recently, the company that owns the parks, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, announced that it will ban plastic bags (shopping bags) in all eleven of its theme parks. Such a move by the … [Read more...]
Earth Day and Reusable Shopping Bags Go Together
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
April 22rd is Earth Day, and Earth Day is a great reason to start discussing more eco-friendly practices you can start with your own family, in your home. Reusable shopping bags provide a great tool to enhance Earth Day activities that might be happening in your children's school already. We have come up with a few ways your children can focus on reducing, reusing and recycling by using reusable … [Read more...]
Save our Shores To Begin Volunteer Program In February, 2012
December 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Save our Shores is a environmental agency in Santa Cruz, California, that takes on protecting the Pacific Ocean and the beaches along Monterey Bay. They are advocates for clean oceans and clean shore lines to protect not only the beauty, but the lives of the many sea creatures that live there. Save Our Shores has been an advocate of using reusable grocery bags for quite some time now, and has … [Read more...]
Reusable Shopping Bags Just Make Sense
December 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We all know how environmentalists feel about the distribution of plastic bags, and we have read many reports containing figures about plastic bags. Respected environmentalist authorities such as Tree Hugger, Save Our Shores, and Texas Campaign for the Environment, share facts such as 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed and discarded annually worldwide, and of those, 380 billion … [Read more...]
Reusable Shopping Bags A Great Beginning
November 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
You have probably noticed more and more retailers offering reusable shopping bags at the check out aisle for sale. You may also have been hearing news of more and more cities throughout the United States lobbying to ban retailers from offering customers plastic bags at check out. There are a lot of good reasons for this you may not be aware of. Politicians do a pretty good job of not bringing … [Read more...]