Category Archives: Recycling

Will We Finally Get Serious About Saying No to Plastic?

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Will 2014 be the year we finally get serious about, “Saying NO to Plastics”?

Forget the hokum about global warming. Plastic pollution can be seen everywhere. This problem is here now not some place in the distant future.

The vast amount of plastic trash that enters the oceans is a real problem, a problem that grows ever omnipresent on a hourly basis. Continue reading Will We Finally Get Serious About Saying No to Plastic?→

Scientists Recommend Classifying Certain Plastic Waste As Toxic Trash

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Scientists are now calling for a similar approach to fighting plastic debris and pollution as has been used in the past to fight fluorocarbons and refrigerants worldwide. In particular, they want to classify PVC, polystyrene, polyurethane and polycarbonate as the most hazardous/toxic plastics.

Considering the damage to the environment and the health hazards posed by plastic debris and plastic pollution, many believe this is about time. Continue reading Scientists Recommend Classifying Certain Plastic Waste As Toxic Trash→

Poll: Is There a Plastic Bag Ban Coming to a City Near You?

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Cities that have instituted these bans have seen a dramatic decrease in the damage single-use plastic bags cause our environment. How do you feel? Continue reading Poll: Is There a Plastic Bag Ban Coming to a City Near You?→

More & More Reasons to Say No to Plastics

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There are more and more reasons to Say No to Plastics. Most single-use plastic bags are used an average of 12 minutes by U.S. consumers, yet their real life span, unless recycled, is many hundreds of years. The plastic trash building up in our oceans is a ticking time bomb. Continue reading More & More Reasons to Say No to Plastics→

Plastic Bag Manufacturers Playing Hard Ball Suing Eco-Friendly Companies

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Manufacturing plastic bags is big business, make no mistake about that. The inroads that Eco- groups have made getting consumers to switch from single use plastic bags to reusables has not gone un-noticed by plastics industry.

Rather than change their products by producing biodegradable bags that consumers would feel good about using, they have decided to play bully and sue ChicoBag company in South Carolina. Continue reading Plastic Bag Manufacturers Playing Hard Ball Suing Eco-Friendly Companies→

HOW TO SWITCH FROM PLASTIC BAGS TO REUSABLES

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The hardest part of switching from plastic to reusable bags is remembering to bring your bags when you shop! It may take several weeks for you in integrate this new habit into your shopping routine and life style.

Purchasing a Bagnesia steering wheel wrap to trigger your memory to bring those bags with you before you shop will make the switch infinitely easier. Don’t get discouraged and don’t give up. We all forget.

Here’s a great tip. Make sure you put your reusable bags back in your car as soon as your groceries are put away. Trust me, the likelihood you will remember to take your bags with you (the ones you left in the kitchen on a table or on a chair), is remote. Continue reading HOW TO SWITCH FROM PLASTIC BAGS TO REUSABLES→

PLASTIC TRASH IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN GLOBAL WARMING

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Forget the hokum about global warming. Plastic pollution can be seen everywhere. This problem is here now not some place in the distant future.

The vast amount of plastic trash that enters the oceans is a real problem, a problem that grows ever omnipresent on a hourly basis. Continue reading PLASTIC TRASH IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN GLOBAL WARMING→