It has been just over a month since Washington DC began implementing their plastic bag tax, and Oregon may soon be doing something similar.
On Monday, Senator Mark Hass D-Beaverton introduced Senate Bill 1009 to the floor, which would outlaw single-use plastic bags at checkout. While the bill has been called a long shot for this [...]
Not everyone has the opportunity to track the Atlantic Garbage Patch like Wend Magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson, but some, like London Mayor Boris Johnson, are attempting to do something about the world’s addiction to single-use plastic bags.
While he may not be paving the roads with plastic, Johnson proposed plans yesterday to [...]
It has been over a hundred years since Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite–the first entirely man-made material–in 1907. The invention changed the world, introducing plastic to day-to-day life. Once praised for its durability, it has become clear that plastic can have severe environmental consequences, particularly when it comes to single-use bags and bottles.
The Science Museum in [...]
Residents in Washington DC will now have to pay a little bit more if they decide to use plastic bags at the grocery check-out. A new tax of five cents has been placed on each plastic bag in order for consumers to contribute to the clean-up cost. Mayor Adrien Fenty said in a statement last [...]
The Kaua‘i County Council decided on Wednesday to ban single-use plastic bags from local businesses on the island. Despite objections from the business community, the County Council voted 4-2 in favor of the ban, which will go into effect January 11, 2011 — the same day a similar ban will take effect on Maui.
“I feel [...]
Hopefully you are diligent about bringing your reusable bag wherever you go, but sometimes even the most environmentally conscious can be forgetful. So instead of feeling guilty because you were forced to get a plastic bag on your recent grocery shopping tour, here are five ways to turn that single-use bag into something more permanent [...]
Add another city to the list of those that have understood the severe negative effects of single-use plastic bags. Last Wednesday, Mexico City banned businesses from distributing plastic bags that are not biodegradable. The ban affects all stores, production facilities and service providers within the Federal District, which encompasses the city limits. Nearly 9 million [...]
This is a very cool video on how to make a messenger bag out of fusing old plastic bags together.
Big steps in Portland yesterday, when members of the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation and Leave No Plastic Behind requested the Portland City Council to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags in Portland.
From Surfrider:
Both organizations are members of Portland’s ‘Ban the Bag’ coalition which is seeking to reduce consumption of single use plastic bags [...]
Recently the United Nations Environment Programme’s Executive Director Achim Steiner advocated for a global ban on single-use plastic bags. Now, news is coming out of China that the country has managed to reduce its consumption of single-use plastic bags by 66%, showing the power of such a ban and leading the way for other countries [...]
