In the wake of Seattle voters' decisive rejection of a proposed 20 cent fee on paper and plastic bags, opponents of disposable shopping bags have vowe...
Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green
After our slideshow of reusable bags, HuffPost Green asked our readers to submit their go-to green totes and they definitely sent us some winners. Her...
Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green
We here at HuffPost Green love our reusable bags. Not only does eliminating the use of six plastic bags a week save 288 bags a year, but also if one a...
Jessica Olien | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green
How many resources, I wondered, did it take to create all of these? And what if I got one with every purchase? How many real bags equal one plastic bag?
Andrew Winston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green
Nothing compares to the coordinated global attack on plastic bags. Once your product is declared a pain in the butt, where do you go from there?
worldchanging.com | Ben BlockJune 25, 2009 5:00 PM | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the...
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
A huge percentage of our plastic problem could be addressed immediately, using simple, cost-effective, off-the-shelf technologies.
David Lewis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green
Plastic bag pollution is growing, and its impact on our rivers, bays and oceans is well documented. The answer to "paper or plastic?" is "neither -- here's my reusable bag!"
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 02.25.2009 | Green
Now there seems to be an answer to appeal to both the consumer and dry cleaner that makes "green sense:" The Green Garmento garment bag.
Treehugger.com | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green
New Delhi has banned the use of plastic bags in all shops, starting very soon. Notification has been sent out to all shopkeepers, and they are being g...
Plenty | Sushma Sumbramian | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green
After a revolt against plastic bags swept Europe a few years ago with a public response to a popular outcry not seen on the continent since 1848, bans...
Andrew Winston | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green
When the very significant dust settles from the financial meltdown and recession, most of the environmental pressures we all face will still be there. So are we moving fast enough?
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
Toronto has a beloved coffee chain, Tim Hortons. It also has a group of City Council public works committee members working hard to reduce fast-food p...
Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green
If you read anything in print you should know that the act of recycling paper decreases the demand for virgin pulp thereby reducing the devastation of forests.
Green Upgrader | Samantha | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green
Switching over to reusable bags is a necessary change that we should all be making both a habit and a rule. Unfortunately, at times many people still ...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green
With a large database of doggy DNA on file, the city will be able to track and trace offenders who are not picking up their doggie doo. It's a huge problem over here in Israel.
Jackie Fuchs | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green
For months now, Campania has been suffocating under heaps of uncollected garbage shipped from economically sound northern Italian regions to the much poorer south.
Graham Hill | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green
Any of us who has ever needed a portable drill, a screwdriver and fowl shears just to get small electronics out of their seemingly impenetrable plasti...
Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green
We have heard of climate deniers and chemical industry defenders, but now John Tierney of The New York Times joins the ranks of the Everything Deniers...
Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living
It seems like every day there is a new study or a new test result that proves something is very, very bad for you. From cellphones to plastic water bo...
AP | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line. The City Council voted Tuesday to ba...
Treehugger | Collin Dunn | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home
Paper or plastic bags: which is better? It's an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? I...
Graham Hill | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green
We live in a disposable culture, one that is built on convenience. You don't have to bring your own bag, because the bag is there. But it's these disposable items that are filling our landfills
New York Times | Donovan Hohn | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green
Off Gore Point, where tide rips collide, the rolling swells rear up and steepen into whitecaps. Quiet with concentration, Chris Pallister decelerates ...
USA Today | Bruce Horovitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
There's a familiar question that Whole Foods will stop asking shoppers: Paper or plastic? Tuesday, Whole Foods (WFMI) will announce plans to stop off...
nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green