By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...
created by Paschen | 23 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 722 views | 88 recommendations | 41 comments
" IRVINGTON, N.Y. - It may not be like collecting merit badges, but it's a whole lot better for the environment. Students at a middle school in suburban New York have collected over 32,000 plastic bags in an...
As it is National Recycling Week from November 10 to 16, here are some tips on how to recycle some of your most basic household waste.Water:"Recycle water in your shower. Most people like to run the water until it...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 239 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
Ikea is doing their part to save the environment, and is banning all disposable bags from their stores.Starting today, across North Amercia, the furnishing giant will no longer be offering any kind of bags at any...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 220 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
{ As reported by Californians Against Waste } . PVC packaging phase out - "The California Ocean Protection Council, an organization created by Governor Schwarzenegger, called for the banning of vinyl chloride...
created by mvellandi | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 409 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
Earth Day is coming up on April 22--hopefully this disturbing statistic will be on people's minds."WASHINGTON - The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 918 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
Momentum is gathering in the UK against the use of plastic bags, 13 billion of which are estimated to be given to shoppers each year. The government's marketing agency has said it will stop using plastic bags for...
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Rather than wait for policy changes, I feel that we can Go Green (or at least Greener) with simple steps. One of them is shunning plastic bags. Some stores do not make it easy and others like Whole Foods for example encourage you by crediting 10c for each bag brought back...
As we reported earlier this week, China will begin its ban on plastic bags as of June 1st. Now Australia has followed China's lead and pledged to do the same. Let's hope other nations do too."Australia has...
A bag brouhaha? Vancouver city councillors are debating whether to ban plastic bags at grocery stores. Check out a related article here."San Francisco has just eliminated plastic bags from its grocery stores...
created by Rob Peters | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 658 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
This month, Uganda bans plastic bags, outlawing their import, manufacture and use and joining a growing list of African countries seeking to sweep cities of this menace. Uganda’s ban follows similar moves in...
San Fransisco will become the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. The mayor is expected to sign the ban after the law approved it 10-1. The petroleum based plastic bags are blamed for littering streets...
created by Victoria Revay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1780 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
"Sir Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat leader, challenged leading stores to produce a detailed breakdown of how they contribute to the 4.6 million tonnes of household waste generated every year by packaging. Retailers are to be asked whether they would back a tax on...
created by clorenz1 | 2 years ago 331 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments