The Bergen County retail store owners have left it up to the customers to decide if they want the New Jersey County to ban the usage of plastic bags or put a fee on the bags being offered at grocery stores. New Jersey has been facing a lot of plastic waste issues in the past few years as the levels of single-use plastic bag usage has increased to alarming levels, causing pollution all over the … [Read more...]
Ban on Plastic Bags or Fee on Them; Decision Made by NJ Customers
September 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Starting October 1st San Luis Obispo County is Banning Plastic Bags
September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
San Luis Obispo Countyis banning single-use plastic bags and wants almost all retailers to follow the rule. Goods and groceries will no longer be packaged in single-use plastic bags, but instead can be packed in wholesale reusable bags or in recyclable paper bags. … [Read more...]
Paper Waste is Now Being Turned Into Cellulose Insulation by A Ohio Company
September 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bucyrus, an Ohio based company is currently turning paper waste into cellulose insulation, which is considered to be eco-friendly. Almost 4-6 truckloads of paper that is wasted every day is taken by Advanced Fiber Technology and turned into earth-friendly insulation at the plant. The truckloads mostly include newspapers and other biodegradable stationery materials. … [Read more...]
It’s Eugene’s Turn to Consider the Ban on Plastic Bags
September 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Council of Eugene has decided to finally meet on the 17th of September in order to decide whether residents have to ban the usage of plastic bags and start using wholesale reusable bags or not. It is going to be a public hearing, which is a continuation of the discussion started in July’s Council hearing about the imposition of the proposed bag ban. … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Helps Give Jobs to Veterans: Stitch Reusable Totes
September 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As part of the latest eco-friendly news in the country, Green Vets Los Angeles, a charity based foundation is aiming to help local veterans get jobs and overcome their emotional and physical scars on the battlefield. The jobs appointed to these veterans are to help make reusable shopping cloth bags out of scrap materials. … [Read more...]
California May Use Eco-Friendly Battery to Switch to Renewable Energy Sources
September 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A team of researchers in California have developed an eco-friendly, low cost rechargeable battery, which can be used to store energy on rainy days as solar power facilities. Headed by Sri Narayan, a professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the funds for the research was given by a division of the US Department of Energy called the Advanced Research Projects … [Read more...]
Shop at Organic Food Stores, Eat Healthy and Save the Environment
August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Apart from practicing eco-friendly methods when it comes to using things, saving energy and helping with reducing pollution levels, eating in an eco-friendly fashion is also necessary. Sustainability has entered the food industry as well with people eating locally grown and organic foods, which is also considered to be the best way to lessen your carbon footprint while eating. … [Read more...]
Practice Sustainability in Grocery Stores
August 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you have already started practicing sustainability by using wholesale reusable bags, you will probably save the use of twenty-one thousand plastic bags and covers in your lifetime. The point is that practicing sustainability isn’t all that hard and this can also be included in the food industry as well. … [Read more...]
Cook County Recently Passed a Construction and Demolition Recycling Ordinance
August 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Targeting the recycling of demolition and construction debris in Cook County, Illinois, the Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance recently. The ordinance called the Demolition Debris Diversion ordinance was passed by the members of the Board, requesting the demolition contactors to recycle almost seventy percent of the debris that is collected in all their demolition projects. … [Read more...]
Eco-Friendly School Tips for the New Academic Year
August 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As the winter season approaches, the school term begins and its time for the children to go back to school. Being the end of summer it can prove to be quite difficult to shop for school materials. Using eco-friendly promotional items as part of your school kit will not only help make the process more fun but also help you to turn eco-friendly. … [Read more...]