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Bacteria-Busting Reminder to Wash Reusable Bags [Video]
Remember last summer’s plastics-industry funded study concerned with the contamination of reusable bags? It revealed that the vast majority (97% of those interviewed) don’t wash their reusable grocery bags. Gasp!
Fun with Fused Plastic
With your iron and some sewing skills, you can give those old plastic bags a new life as reusable goodies.
Reusable Bag Campaign Gets It Right, Then Gets It Wrong
I spotted this ad for reusable bags at Publix, and it’s brilliant! After a quick chat with the clerk at checkout, though, I left the grocery store with some mixed feelings about it.
Plastic bag use plummets in supermarkets since 2006
Use of carrier bags down 43% in four years, says Waste & Resources Action Programme, but recent figures show fresh rise
The Bay vs. The Bag: Title Bout or Distraction?
The San Fransicso “Save the Bay” group has waged war on plastic bags in a campaign called “The Bay vs. The Bag,” while some feel it’s a fight not worth fighting… We do need to be careful not to placate our environmentalism with narrow easy wins, but we can’t be elitists that scoff at legitimate causes because they are “too small.”
