Are Your Reusable Bags Being Used?
The UK's Environment Agency has found that it takes 171 uses of a plastic reusable grocery bag to offset the higher carbon emissions a single use plastic produces during manufacturing. That would mean that if you use your plastic reusable shopping bag twice a week, for 86 weeks, or 22
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Sunnyvale, California Passes Plastic Bag Ban
On December 6th, 2011, Sunnyvale City Council members voted in favor of a plastic bag ban in supermarkets greater than 10,000 square feet and other large retailers, but will exclude restaurants and nonprofit/charitable organizations. The ordinance will also charge a .10 cent fee for recycled paper bags. Reusable grocery bags
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Convention Bags in Rhode Island
Following the example of many other US states, the lawmakers in the state of Rhode Island are contemplating on whether or not they should ban the usage of plastic bags within the entire state. The residents in the state feel that the state authorities should implement this ban as soon
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