Cali Expands Plastic Bag Ban
November 21, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Sustainable Business & CSR
Send to KindleTweet Some parts of Los Angeles County have followed other California cities in moving to ban single-use plastic bags. County supervisors voted 3-1 to OK the measure that prohibits giving customers single-use plastic bags and would force customers to pay 10 cents for each paper bag, according to MSNBC. The exception to the [...]
Wales May Charge Fee For Plastic Bags
November 3, 2009 by Francesca Cheli
Filed under Current Events
Send to KindleTweet The Welsh Assembly Government says that charging shoppers for plastic bags is the only way to reduce plastic bag usage while promoting bag reuse, reports The Ecologist. Welsh Environment Minister Jane Davidson cited a study by environmental consultancy AEA Technology that looked at the implications of the charge as evidence that the [...]
Green Me Baby
October 14, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life, The Daily Bitch
Send to KindleTweet WTF does green really mean? The real greenies are offended by Greenwashing, the faux green folks that are all green in marketing but have little action to support their claims. Here are my questions—why does no one know what composting is? Why are there not government incentives for restaurants to compost in [...]
