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Last week Target, the fifth-largest U.S. retailer in 2008 and CVS announced plans designed to reduce the number of single use plastic bags their customers carry out of their 7,000 stores every year. Target plans to give customers a 5-cent Continue reading TARGET & CVS SAYING GOODBY TO SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS
Occasionally I am asked if I am against all uses of plastic or if I think all plastic should be banned. Of course not, the answer is no. There are real and legitimate uses of plastic. The problem is that Continue reading Smart Plastic Products
One of the most precious resources we have on planet earth is water … clean drinkable water. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the world’s surface is covered in water, most of it is salt water which humans cannot drink. A mere Continue reading TOXIC RIVERS … TOXIC WATER
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE! The Canadian Plastics Industry conducted a commission to study reusable bags and found problems with them. Hmmm … anyone really surprised? No? Me neither. Here’s a portion of what the plastics industry in Canada found: The Canadian Continue reading Plastics Industry Fights Against Reusable Bags
The other day I sent out an email blast to members of the church I belong to and where I sing on Sundays. It concerned my activism and concern for the ocean and our environment because of our use/misuse of Continue reading WHERE DO ALL THOSE STATS ON PLASTIC POLLUTION COME FROM?
This blog is about plastic, but the longer we are involved in the green movement the more apparent our disposal of almost everything that we use has to be examined, discussed, & improved! OK, we’re a 100% digital. Now what? Continue reading OK, WE’RE 100% DIGITAL. NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE OLD TV’S?
WRONG! It is so easy to think that one person’s usage of plastic bags has no significance . . . and nothing could be farther from the truth. As this short video demonstrates: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BP7LnZ3c1s] Remember using just one reusable bag Continue reading IT'S JUST A PLASTIC BAG . . . RIGHT?