The City Council in West Hollywood(Weho) finally approved the ban on single-use plastic covers and totes. Larger stores in Weho have to follow the ban from the next six months and the smaller store can start in a year. So now the much debated question of ‘paper or plastic’ is solved as plastic bags will no longer be available in the city, according to the Council meeting that concluded on Monday … [Read more...]
No More Disposable Brown Bags as Lunch Box Technology Advances
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Parents these days tend to put a lot of thought into what exactly they pack in their children’s lunch. It takes quite some thought and a little hard work to prepare a really good and well-balanced meal for children. While thinking about all this parents should also think about how much waste they generate while packing the lunch. … [Read more...]
Passion for Gardening Makes Seeded Card Business Prosper
August 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Consumers have the opportunity to plant anniversary, birthday, sympathy or holiday cards. You can buy plant-able favors, tags, coasters, postcards, doorknob signs and craft paper and produce plant-able events such as fundraisers and bridal showers. … [Read more...]
Farmers Markets Growing in the United States
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The United States Department of Agriculture made an announcement on Friday that there has been an increase in farmers markets that engage in direct sales by 9.6% in the previous year, with New York and California heading the list. … [Read more...]
Hampton recycling Issue: Easiest Solution Is to Use Prepaid Bags
August 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Exeter is a model neighboring town for Hamptonto show the city ways to increase recycling its waste and reduce the money spent on disposal of garbage. To stop the excess of garbage generation in Exeter during the early 1990s, the city introduced a pay-as-you 0throw garbage disposal program. Hampton is planning to follow this exact route to help reduce its garbage generation drastically. … [Read more...]
Go Green Even While Packing Your Lunch
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
While everybody and everything around you is going green, why shouldn’t your lunches as well. Pack lunches for your children or to your office in eco-friendly lunch boxes and wraps. A typical packed lunch contains a copious amount of plastic and paper waste that cannot be reused or recycled. … [Read more...]
New Jersey Legislature Gets Ready To Tackle Paper vs. Plastic Issue
August 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Even with almost seven bills waiting to be passed, advocates in New Jersey are pressing for the ban of plastic bags or to put a fee on these grocery totes. Supermarkets have already started joining the environmental movement towards an eco-friendly future by providing shoppers with seed paper bags or wholesale reusable bags. … [Read more...]
If Care Isn’t Taken Garbage Will Continue to Increase
August 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It is found that if the world doesn’t start taking more initiatives to stop using plastic, the garbage is only going to increase. According to Worldwatch’s new research, the amount of solid waste in every municipality (MSW) is bound to double each year, if apt measures aren’t taken by the people. … [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...]