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Gifts from the Sea

Julie Packard | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Gandhi, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Funding Non-Profits, Nature, Gifts From the Sea, Julie Packard, Ocean Acidification, Plastic-Pollution, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Climate Change, Sustainable Seafood, Disposable Plastics, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Bags, Carbon Footprint, Connect With Nature, Green Living, Green News
Julie Packard

A half-century ago, Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote Gifts from the Sea, bestseller in which she described what we as individuals can take away from our times of quiet reflection along the shore.

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A Day Without A Bag seeks To Reduce 6 Billion Plastic Bags Used In LA Each Year

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Green, Green Living, Los Angeles, Plastic Bags, Los Angeles News

What's colored and plastic and found all over L.A.? Plastic bags. More than 6 billion of them are used by county residents each year, according to th...

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The Plastic Bag War Rages On

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Seattle, Seattle Plastic Bag Referendum, Plastic Bag Ban Banning Plastic Bags, Plastic Bags, Plastic Bag Wars, Plastic Bag Seattle, Green News

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...

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HuffPost Readers' Reusable and Fashionable Non-Plastic Bags (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Bitch Magazine Bag, Reusable Bag, English Retreads, Green Trends, Neela Bags, Slidepoll, Green, Anvil Knitwear, Green Living, Huffpost Green Readers, HuffPost Readers, Green Fashion, Ikea, Rume, Ikea Reusable Bag, Slideshow, Plastic Bags, Green News

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...

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Best Reusable And Fashionable Non-Plastic Bags (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Fashion, Reusable Bag, Anya-Hindmarch-I-Am-Not-a-Plastic-Bag, Slidepoll, I Am Not a Plastic Bag, Green, Whole Foods Reusable Bag Refund, Green-Trends, Green Living, Fashion, Plastic Bag, Plastic Bags, Green News

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...

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I Have Enough Eco-Friendly Bags Now

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Eco Living, Plastic Bags, Sustainable Living, Green Shopping, Paper-Bags, Green Living, Green News
Jessica Olien

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?

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"A Plastic Bag Is a Pain in the Butt"

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Ikea, Brazil, Phosphates, Sao Paulo, Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Carlos Minc, Wal-Mart, Afroreggae, Green News
Andrew Winston

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?

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China Cuts Use Of Plastic Bags By 66 Percent

worldchanging.com | Ben BlockJune 25, 2009 5:00 PM | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Chinese Bags, Ultra-Thin Plastic, Water Pollution, Green, Environment, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Air Pollution, China, Green News

A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the...

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The Plastics "Out There" and "In Here"

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Plastic Bottles, Environment, Waste, Plastics, Plastic, Plastic Waste, Plastic Bags, Green News
Wallace J Nichols

A huge percentage of our plastic problem could be addressed immediately, using simple, cost-effective, off-the-shelf technologies.

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The Bay vs. the Bag: Only One Side Can Win

David Lewis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, San Francisco Bay, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bag Tax, Plastic Bags, San Francisco, Save the Bay, Bay Area, Green News
David Lewis

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!"

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Eco-Friendly Cleaning Bags -- Say no to Plastic!

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 02.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Supermarkets, Adventure Girl, Clothes, Programs, Green Living, Business, Recycling, EPA Rules, Retail Sales, Bags, Environment, The Green Garmento, Reuse, Plastic, Stefanie Micahels, Dry Cleaners, Global Warming, Plastic Bags, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

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.

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Delhi Latest To Ban Plastic Bags: Five Years In Prison For Waste?

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Plastic, Plastic Bag Ban, Delhi, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Green Politics, Reducing Waste, Green News

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...

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How Social-Consciousness Fuels Eco-Consciousness

Plenty | Sushma Sumbramian | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Eco Conscious, Hotels, Social Consciousness, Ucla, Yes! Fifty Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, Climate Change, Environment, Noah Goldstein, Ireland, Hybrid Cars, Plastic Bags, Suvs, Global Warming, Green News

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...

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Are Larger Changes Cheaper than Small Steps?

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Whole Foods, Amory Lovins, Matt Kistler, Ikea, Cgi, Environment, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, President Clinton, Green News
Andrew Winston

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?

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Toronto's Great Coffee Cup Debate Heats Up

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, Fast Food Industry, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Green News
Graham Hill

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...

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America Recycles Day

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Fabri, Scrap Metal, Liberty Bell, Up-Cyclying, Landfills, Environment, Aluminum, Plastic Bags, Biodegradable, Environmental Protection Agency, Paper, Glass, Green News
Michael DeJong

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.

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How To Best Reuse and Recycle Plastic Bags

Green Upgrader | Samantha | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Recycled Art, Accessories, Environment, Reuse, Plastic, Green Living, Plastic Bags, Green News

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 ...

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Catching Poop and Scoop Offenders With Doggie DNA

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Pets, Animals, Pollution, Green Cities, Green Living, Dog, Environment, Plastic Bags, Dna, Israel, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

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.

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The Toxic Crime of the Century

Jackie Fuchs | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Waste Disposal, Mexico, Mafia, Italy, Sex Lies Videotape, Garbage, Reduce, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Camorra, Recycle, Fish, Environment, Naples, Hazardous Waste, Reuse, Toxic Waste, Bacteria, Plastic Bags, China, Green News
Jackie Fuchs

For months now, Campania has been suffocating under heaps of uncollected garbage shipped from economically sound northern Italian regions to the much poorer south.

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An Inconvenient Truth About Packaging

Graham Hill | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Green News
Graham Hill

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...

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A Second Look At the NYTimes Science Section's "10 Things To Scratch From Your Worry List "

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, John Tierney, Water Bottles, The New York Times, Green, Green Living, Exotic Fruit, Plastic Bottles, Toxic Chemicals, Paper Bags, Climate Deniers, Food Miles, Environment, Cell Phones and Cancer, Green News, New York Times, Plastic Bags, Global Warming, Green News

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...

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10 Things You Should Stop Worrying About

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Melting Ice, Shark Attacks, Wormholes, Artic Ice, Plastic Bottles, Worries, Exotic Fruit, Plastic Bags, Worry, Carbon Footprint, Living News

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...

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LA Plastic Bag Ban: Disposable Bags Outlawed By 2010

AP | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Plastic Bag Ban, LA Plastic Bag Ban, LA Bans Plastic Bags, Disposable Bags, Plastic Bags, Save the Bag Coalition, Green News

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...

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Paper Or Plastic? A Look At The Facts, Myths And Numbers Of Shopping Bags

Treehugger | Collin Dunn | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Recycling, Reusable Bag, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Business, Plastic Bag Ban, Green Living, Plastic Bags, Green Tips, Home News

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...

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Being Green is Not Easy... When I Forget

Graham Hill | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Reusable Bag, Forgetfulness, Reusable Grocery Bags, Umbrella, Bags, Environment, Waste, Plastic Bags, Green News
Graham Hill

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

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