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Plastic Bag Reduction Policy

http://lararobinson.blogspot.com

This blog is dedicated to understanding what the current pulse of the nation is on plastic bags and the resources they require in their manufacture, usage, and recycling. Some posts comment on recent articles, some are my own thoughts about recent events or news articles. Also included is my own Master's thesis titled "Viable and Preferred Alternatives to Plastic Bag Usage in Colorado", exploring the economic reasons why plastic bags do not benefit consumers or retailers.

• Added on: Feb 28th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Lara Robinson
• Listed in: Environmental Activism Green
• Tags: environment Reusable bags Plastic bags Economy paper bags reduction policy

Recent Posts

• LRCAB at the Louisville Street Fair on Labor Day weekend

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 12:14 in Plastic bags, university of denver, louisville street fair, lrcab

  I just heard from my friend and neighbor, Annie Hughes, that Louisville is taking the "plastic bag reduction" ball and running with it! About two years ago I approached the City Council with the idea of reducing plastic bag usage in the region, and ...

• Recycling Plastic Bags

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 15:27 in Plastic bags, trash, eco cycle

  Eco Cycle of Boulder accepts TWO kinds of plastic bags; #2 and #4. This means plastic grocery bags, newspaper bags, and certain packaging that has a #2 or #4 stamped on it. All that other plastic wrap? Trash. It gums up the sorting machine at the...

• D.C. Council passes bag tax

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 09:30 in Reusable bags, plastic bag tax, d.c. council, anacostia river

  The D.C. Council unanimously passed a 5 cent bag tax on plastic bags from grocery, convenience, liquor and drug stores. Four out of the five cents will be used to fund clean-up operations on the Anacostia River. The river is polluted by 20,000 tons...

• 3B Bags

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 14:52 in Plastic bags, produce bags, vitamin cottage, 3b bags

  While shopping at Vitamin Cottage in Lafayette (CO) today and reaching for the plastic produce bag on the roll above my head, I saw this cool new thing. 3B Bags has created a reusable produce bag! It's mesh with a drawstring, and see-through so the...

• Plastic Bag bill canned for 2008-2009 legislative session

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 12:08 in capstone, university of denver, plastic bag ban, better bags colorado

  The Denver Post states: "A bill to ban plastic grocery bags that originated with a hard-lobbying group at Kent Denver School got canned over concerns about unintended consequences, but not before several students matched wits with opponents in a com...

• Estate Planning of our Natural Resources

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 10:54 in Plastic bags, estate planning, auto industry, high gas prices, mortgage crisis, paper bags, economic uncertainty, petroleum usage, conserve assets

  In these turbulent days of economic uncertainty we’re now witnessing the tanking of American auto industries. People are holding their breath to see if politicians will infuse money into the industry that didn’t plan for the future and now wants...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Threadbeaur

Nice blog, I hope that more places around the states get on the bandwagon to stop the use of plastic bags.

Posted: July 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From Threadbeaur | Report This Comment

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