Friday Link Round-Up: 09/19/08
Canada is still keen on banning the bags. [Surrey Leader] Glass recycling is coming back in vogue. [Guelph Mercury] Ontario needs your clean-up help on the 21st. [Timmins Press] Wow, Canada is...
View ArticleCanada Tackling the Plastic Bag Issue
It’s another slow news day on the reusable bag front, but, at the very least, Canada is trying to get things done and make some headway on the subject. Sort of. At any rate, four major retail...
View ArticleToronto Holds Back on Coffee Cups
What’s up, Toronto? It seems like it’s nothing but compromises up there in The Icy North. Just the other day, you guys voted to push back the ban on disposable plastic bags by four whole months, and...
View ArticleReusable Bags Can’t Work With Food Banks… Or CAN They?
In an opinion piece I covered earlier this year, Bob Pratte from the Riverside Press-Enterprise listed off a lot of self-serving reasons why disposable plastic bags should remain in circulation, but...
View ArticleFriday Link Round-Up: 12/05/08
Command Packaging gets on board with plastic bag recycling. [Green Biz] Bag ban proposals are facing opposition in Virginia. [Alexandria Gazette] Consider green gifts this holiday season. [Des Moines...
View ArticleLoblaws Enacts Plastic Bag Fee
Canada is always brimming with news on the plastic bag front, and today is no different. Today, Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws has, of their own accord, enacted a 5-cent plastic bag fee. What’s...
View ArticleFriday Link Round-Up: 03/27/09
Hey So-Cal, got plans tomorrow from 11AM-2PM? Help clean up Seal Beach! [Beach Trading] Madison, WI, is entertaining the idea of a plastic bag ban! [Isthmus] Fox News is getting in on the plastic bag...
View ArticleFriday Link Round-Up: 04/03/09
Being eco-friendly is wildly fashionable, as demonstrated by Pittsburgh teens. [Pittsburgh Live] Speaking of fashion, ever-fashionable Corey Feldman is producing an event for global greenitude!...
View ArticleFriday Link Round-Up: 04/10/09
Las Vegas shoppers are split over the merits of a bag tax. [News 3 Las Vegas] Making eco-friendly choices can be tough, but it’s important. [Chicago Tribune] An angry Canadian lashes back against bag...
View ArticleWeekly Link Round-Up: 08/21/09
Free movie screening in Fort St. John, Canada, aims to bring awareness to the plastic bag problem. [Energetic City] The Seattle bag tax proposition is shot down in the vote, prompting Portland to...
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