Laguna Beach City Council members are in discussions about a plastic bag ban in their city. If the matter goes to vote a second time, the ban is currently scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1 of 2013. Currently, the ban may also include restaurants but more research needs to be done on this. Save The Plastic Bag wants the city to consider the safety of residents before including restaurants in … [Read more...]
Santa Cruz County May Revise Their Plastic Bag Ban
February 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Santa Cruz County plastic bag ban goes into effect on March 15th, 2012. Santa Cruz County passed the ban in September 2011, and it encompassed all retailers, grocery stores and food service establishments to ban plastic bags. The difference between Santa Cruz County and San Jose is that Santa Cruz County also includes restaurants, which Save The Plastic Bag Coalition and The Restaurant … [Read more...]
Recycle Your Plastic Bags
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It is possible to recycle your plastic single use grocery bags if you have a recycle center near your home. The PlasticBagRecycling.org has a web site for consumers and retailers letting them know where the drop offs are, and the requirements for dropping off the bags. As a retailer, you can add your business to the directory if you collect bags, and as a consumer, you can find out where to drop … [Read more...]
Austin Continues To Plan For Plastic Bag Ban
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the successful one year plastic bag ban in Brownsville this month, Austin continues their talks towards their own ban. The next official meeting will be held in March. In the mean time, Austin Resource Recovery is preparing the ordiance guidelines. ARR wants to make sure they give retailers enough time to use the plastic bags they have already ordered, as well as give them time to train … [Read more...]
Boulder County Still Discussing Plastic Bag Ban
January 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As a follow up to our post, Colorado Supporting Reusable Shopping Bags, it appears that Boulder is now considering a fee for plastic bags rather than an all out ban at this time. An all out ban is not out of the question, however, and discussions are continuing. The bag ban in Roaring Fork County has paved the way for other Colorado communities to brave the waters of passing a … [Read more...]
Automated Calls Sent Out To Residents Of San Luis Obispo County
January 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Over the weekend of January 7th, residents of San Luis Obispo received automated calls from the Environmental Safety Alliance asking them to contact the board members of the Integrated Waste Management Authority opposing the plastic bag ban vote to be held on January 11th at the Board of Supervisors chambers located at 1055 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. The meeting to vote on a plastic bag ban … [Read more...]
Day Without A Bag Successful In LA County
December 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Californians Against Waste is an environmental advocacy organization that takes on environmental issues encouraging the development of recycling. Initially, the company was founded in the 1970's to promote the Bottle Bill, but has expanded to include plastic bag recycling initiatives and the expansion of eco friendly bags. CAW has lobbied mostly on solid waste and recycling issues. Their … [Read more...]