Despite the efforts of Boris Johnson, The Mayor of London, environmental group Greener Upon Thames, and support from 90% of Londoners, Olympic organizers have so far refused to ban plastic bags at the 2012 London Olympics, not good news. As of August, 2011, London Olympic Organizers have pledged only to ban single use plastic bags in their own shops, and will not enforce a wider ban on their … [Read more...]
Colorado Supporting Reusable Shopping Bags
It's time for the city of Boulder, Colorado to update its master plans for Waste Reduction. Boulder City Council updates it's master plan every five years and the last update was in 2006. Boulder has been striving for a Zero Waste Master Plan over the years, and so the current issue of banning plastic bags is on the table. In regards to plastic and paper bag usage, the city is considering … [Read more...]
A Little Place Called Aspen
Aspen City Council is currently proposing to ban plastic bags commonly provided to customers during checkout at two of Aspen's grocery stores, Clark's Market and City Market. Carbondale is also moving toward a plastic bag ban and their final vote will be October 25th of this year. Aspen and Carbondale are part of the Roaring Fork Valley communities, along with Snowmass Village, Basalt and … [Read more...]
National Dry Cleaning Chain To Start Using Custom Reusable Bags
Martinizing Dry Cleaners, in conjunction with The Green Garmento, are forming a partnership to move away from single-use plastic packaging to reusable garment bags. Martinizing Dry Cleaners is one of the nations largest dry cleaning chains, with over 240 stores nation wide. The company would like to go green and start using more eco friendly reusable bags. Every year, 1.4 billion pieces of … [Read more...]
Napa Valley Hosts “Better Bag Month” in October
Napa Valley, California is hosting Better Bag Month in October. The county is giving away reusable shopping bags at various locations throughout Napa Valley to promote the use of eco friendly reusable bags. Napa Valley wants it's citizens to stop using plastic bags when ever possible and is doing something about it. So for the entire month, Napa Valley CanDo, a local community service … [Read more...]
Washing Reusable Shopping Bags Resolves Issues of Bacteria
University of Arizona Microbiologist Dr. Charles Gerba has released the findings from a test he performed in early summer of 2010, regarding health issues of eco friendly reusable bags. Dr. Gerba tested eighty seven reusable bags, obtained at random from grocery shoppers in California and Arizona, and each bag was swabbed for bacteria and laboratory tested. The results found that large numbers … [Read more...]