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...]
First It Was Policy-Makers; Now it’s Students
August 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As the community meeting went ahead regarding the proposal about banning plastic bags in retail markets and stores, students waited in line to voice out their opinion on the matter as well in Santa Fe city. When the students addressed the councilors by reading whatever they’d written, the entire council stopped to listen. … [Read more...]
West Hollywood Bans Plastic Bags
August 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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...]