English town bans plastic bags
AP, London, UK
A small town in southwest Britain is banning plastic bags in a bid to help the environment and cut waste — a move environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.
Shopkeepers in Modbury, population 1,500, agreed to stop giving out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead...
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Showing posts with label ban. Show all posts
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Canada Moving Beyond the Bag
This is a summary of what's going on in Canada these days:
Apr 28 2007
Age of plastic belongs in the past
Mitch Wright, Nanaimo News Bulletin, Vancouver Island, Canada
Paper or plastic? How about neither!
Few shoppers still choose the once-ubiquitous brown paper grocery bags, opting instead to save a tree or two by choosing their now even more prevalent plastic counterparts. But there’s a growing movement afoot to outlaw the non-biodegradable polythylene bags...
Apr 28 2007
Age of plastic belongs in the past
Mitch Wright, Nanaimo News Bulletin, Vancouver Island, Canada
Paper or plastic? How about neither!
Few shoppers still choose the once-ubiquitous brown paper grocery bags, opting instead to save a tree or two by choosing their now even more prevalent plastic counterparts. But there’s a growing movement afoot to outlaw the non-biodegradable polythylene bags...
Monday, April 23, 2007
Los Angeles Next?
Hey, maybe my hometown will jump on the bandwagon too!
4/23/2007
L.A. County Supervisors Considers Options to Combat Plastic Bag Problems
Recycling Today Magazine
On April 10 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors discussed the possible banning of plastic bags in the county. San Francisco recently passed legislation banning the bags, with New York State considering the move...
4/23/2007
L.A. County Supervisors Considers Options to Combat Plastic Bag Problems
Recycling Today Magazine
On April 10 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors discussed the possible banning of plastic bags in the county. San Francisco recently passed legislation banning the bags, with New York State considering the move...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Leaf Rapids beats San Francisco
The little Canadian town of Leaf Rapids beat San Francisco to be the first town in North America to ban plastic bags:
Apr 2, 2007
Tiny Canadian town enacts ban on plastic bags
By Patricia Launt, Reuters, Toronto
A small Canadian town claimed the honor on Monday of being the first municipality in North America to ban retailers from using plastic bags, in an effort to maintain its pristine environment. The town's administrator said Leaf Rapids, a northern Manitoba mining town about 975 km (610 miles) northwest of Winnipeg, has ordered retailers to stop giving away or selling single-use plastic bags as of Monday. Stores that break the law face a C$1,000 ($865) fine....
Apr 2, 2007
Tiny Canadian town enacts ban on plastic bags
By Patricia Launt, Reuters, Toronto
A small Canadian town claimed the honor on Monday of being the first municipality in North America to ban retailers from using plastic bags, in an effort to maintain its pristine environment. The town's administrator said Leaf Rapids, a northern Manitoba mining town about 975 km (610 miles) northwest of Winnipeg, has ordered retailers to stop giving away or selling single-use plastic bags as of Monday. Stores that break the law face a C$1,000 ($865) fine....
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Santa Cruz Next?
It's so exciting how other cities have been inspired by San Francisco's bold move:
Non-biodegradable plastic bags could be banned in Santa Cruz
The Associated Press
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.- Plastic bags may soon be banned in Santa Cruz.
Taking a cue from neighboring San Francisco, the city is considering a ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags used by supermarkets and other retailers. The petroleum-based sacks have been blamed for littering streets and choking marine life...
Non-biodegradable plastic bags could be banned in Santa Cruz
The Associated Press
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.- Plastic bags may soon be banned in Santa Cruz.
Taking a cue from neighboring San Francisco, the city is considering a ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags used by supermarkets and other retailers. The petroleum-based sacks have been blamed for littering streets and choking marine life...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Berkeley Considers Ban
Berkeley may soon follow it's neighbor San Francisco:
April 18, 2007
Berkeley considers banning plastic grocery bags
By Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
BERKELEY — The question "paper or plastic?" may soon be a thing of the past in Berkeley.
The city that was the first in the state to ban Styrofoam coffee cups and takeout containers in businesses and the first in the nation to convert its entire fleet of diesel vehicles to biodiesel is considering banning plastic grocery bags.
On Tuesday, the item from Mayor Tom Bates will come before the City Council, which likely will ship it to the city's Zero Waste Commission for several months of study...
April 18, 2007
Berkeley considers banning plastic grocery bags
By Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
BERKELEY — The question "paper or plastic?" may soon be a thing of the past in Berkeley.
The city that was the first in the state to ban Styrofoam coffee cups and takeout containers in businesses and the first in the nation to convert its entire fleet of diesel vehicles to biodiesel is considering banning plastic grocery bags.
On Tuesday, the item from Mayor Tom Bates will come before the City Council, which likely will ship it to the city's Zero Waste Commission for several months of study...
Sainsbury's One Day Ban
April 19, 2007
Sainbury's bans plastic carrier bags for a day
David Adam, environment correspondent The Guardian, UK
The supermarket giant Sainsbury's is to ban disposable plastic carrier bags - for a single day. Shoppers passing through the checkouts on Friday next week will instead be given 10p reusable bags for free, a move that Sainsbury's called a "revolution in supermarket shopping"...
Sainbury's bans plastic carrier bags for a day
David Adam, environment correspondent The Guardian, UK
The supermarket giant Sainsbury's is to ban disposable plastic carrier bags - for a single day. Shoppers passing through the checkouts on Friday next week will instead be given 10p reusable bags for free, a move that Sainsbury's called a "revolution in supermarket shopping"...
SF BAN!
I didn't get to post on this important vote last month because my blog was down. SF rocks!
March 27, 2007
SF supes vote to ban plastic bags in stores
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 this afternoon to make the city the first in the nation to prohibit petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large markets and pharmacies...
March 27, 2007
SF supes vote to ban plastic bags in stores
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 this afternoon to make the city the first in the nation to prohibit petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large markets and pharmacies...
Rochester's Ban Bill
Rochester NY may follow San Frnacisco's lead in banning the bag:
March 30, 2007
State Senator Wants Plastic Bag Ban
WHAM.com Channel 13, Rochester, NY
State Senator Jim Alesi (R-Perinton) is drafting a bill that would make drug and grocery stores cut their non-biodegradable plastic bag use in half by the end of 2010 and stop using them altogether by the end of 2012...
March 30, 2007
State Senator Wants Plastic Bag Ban
WHAM.com Channel 13, Rochester, NY
State Senator Jim Alesi (R-Perinton) is drafting a bill that would make drug and grocery stores cut their non-biodegradable plastic bag use in half by the end of 2010 and stop using them altogether by the end of 2012...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Trying for a Ban in Marin
1/20/07
Official to pitch plastic bag ban
Rob Rogers, Marin Independent Journal, Marin, CA
Hoping to stem the tide of a "plastic plague," Supervisor Charles McGlashansays he plans to propose a ban on plastic bags at grocery and drug stores inunincorporated Marin...
Official to pitch plastic bag ban
Rob Rogers, Marin Independent Journal, Marin, CA
Hoping to stem the tide of a "plastic plague," Supervisor Charles McGlashansays he plans to propose a ban on plastic bags at grocery and drug stores inunincorporated Marin...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Toronto debating ban
January 18, 2007
Should plastic bags be sacked?
John Spears, Jim Byers, Toronto Star, Toronto
Toronto councillors appear split on the idea of banning plastic shopping bags as a way of cutting down on the city's garbage. But they're all in favour of having them recycled...
Should plastic bags be sacked?
John Spears, Jim Byers, Toronto Star, Toronto
Toronto councillors appear split on the idea of banning plastic shopping bags as a way of cutting down on the city's garbage. But they're all in favour of having them recycled...
Monday, January 22, 2007
A Different Opinion on Australian Ban
This Australian has a different opinion about the possible ban:
January 8th, 2007
In defence of the plastic bag
HeathG, Catallaxy blog
Today I’d like to talk about my good friend the plastic shopping bag, or PSB. When it comes to achieving its designated purpose of providing a convenient and cheap means of carrying home one’s shopping, the PSB is a hands down winner. But the PSB’s usefulness doesn’t stop when you unload your groceries...
January 8th, 2007
In defence of the plastic bag
HeathG, Catallaxy blog
Today I’d like to talk about my good friend the plastic shopping bag, or PSB. When it comes to achieving its designated purpose of providing a convenient and cheap means of carrying home one’s shopping, the PSB is a hands down winner. But the PSB’s usefulness doesn’t stop when you unload your groceries...
Plastic Bags Seized in India
8 Jan, 2007
Drive against plastic bags results in seizures
Times of India, Rajkot, India, RAJKOT
As part of its cleanliness and environment awareness drive, officials of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation seized 20 kg of prohibited polyethylene bags from four different vegetable markets of the city. The official also fined a hospital for dumping medical waste in a public dustbin. According to an RMC notification, inferior quality polyethylene bags below 20 micron thickness are not allowed to be used with within city limits, but vegetable vendors frequently use them and pollute the city.
Drive against plastic bags results in seizures
Times of India, Rajkot, India, RAJKOT
As part of its cleanliness and environment awareness drive, officials of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation seized 20 kg of prohibited polyethylene bags from four different vegetable markets of the city. The official also fined a hospital for dumping medical waste in a public dustbin. According to an RMC notification, inferior quality polyethylene bags below 20 micron thickness are not allowed to be used with within city limits, but vegetable vendors frequently use them and pollute the city.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Ban all plastic bags
Ian Kiernan is calling for a total ban on plastic bags in Australia:
1/9/07
Ban all plastic bags Says Clean Up Australia Chairman
Border Mail, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
THE failure of a levy to curb use of plastic bags in Ireland confirms a complete ban is necessary, the founder of the Clean Up Australia movement says.
Clean Up Australia chairman Ian Kiernan said yesterday that privately commissioned polling showed Australians would support such a ban...
1/9/07
Ban all plastic bags Says Clean Up Australia Chairman
Border Mail, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
THE failure of a levy to curb use of plastic bags in Ireland confirms a complete ban is necessary, the founder of the Clean Up Australia movement says.
Clean Up Australia chairman Ian Kiernan said yesterday that privately commissioned polling showed Australians would support such a ban...
Bio Wrap in Sri Lanka
This is really cool -- Viraj Senewiratne of Sri Lanka has invented a 100% bio-degradable starch wrapping material to replace the plastic bags now banned there. They decompose in 160 days:
Sunday Times, Columbo, Sri Lanka
Lunch sheets, sili-sili bags and grocery bags will be taboo in the New Year, under a ban on polythene, with a thickness of 20 microns and below, to be strictly enforced on January 1, 2007...
Australia Call to Ban
January 7, 2007
Call to ban plastic bags
Peter Weekes
CLEAN UP Australia wants a total ban on plastic shopping bags after a voluntary scheme among large retailers to reduce their use failed to meet targets. Chairman Ian Kiernan said retailers had agreed to reduce the use of plastic bags by 50 per cent but fell short of the target by 5 per cent last year...
Call to ban plastic bags
Peter Weekes
CLEAN UP Australia wants a total ban on plastic shopping bags after a voluntary scheme among large retailers to reduce their use failed to meet targets. Chairman Ian Kiernan said retailers had agreed to reduce the use of plastic bags by 50 per cent but fell short of the target by 5 per cent last year...
Friday, December 29, 2006
India doesn't go for total ban
18 December 2006
Govt rules out complete ban on plastic bags
Sahara Samay, New Delhi, India
The Government today refused putting a blanket ban on usage of plastic bags in the country but noted that certain categories of plastic bags are prohibited...
Govt rules out complete ban on plastic bags
Sahara Samay, New Delhi, India
The Government today refused putting a blanket ban on usage of plastic bags in the country but noted that certain categories of plastic bags are prohibited...
Taiwan reverse 3 year bag ban
Taiwan bans disposable utensils, but reverses their 3 year ban on disposable plastic bags:
Dec 18, 2006
Many support EPA ban on throw-away utensils
By Shelley Shan, Taipei Times, Taiwan
A recent survey conducted by the Environmental Protection Admin-istration (EPA) showed that only 20 percent of the population reported that they frequently brought along non-disposable utensils to dine out...
Dec 18, 2006
Many support EPA ban on throw-away utensils
By Shelley Shan, Taipei Times, Taiwan
A recent survey conducted by the Environmental Protection Admin-istration (EPA) showed that only 20 percent of the population reported that they frequently brought along non-disposable utensils to dine out...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Kerala India Ban
Kerala bans plastic items less than 50 micron thickness
Dec 13, 2006
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=65926
Kerala News , Thiruvananthapuram, India
In an attempt to check environmental pollution, Kerala cabinet today decided to ban the use of plastic bags, bottles and cups with thickness less than 50 microns in the state...
Dec 13, 2006
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=65926
Kerala News , Thiruvananthapuram, India
In an attempt to check environmental pollution, Kerala cabinet today decided to ban the use of plastic bags, bottles and cups with thickness less than 50 microns in the state...
More on Paris Ban
I'd like to see what those rolling carts "which French housewives traditionally used for shopping" lool like. Sounds cool:
Paris to Ban Non-Biodegradable Plastic Bags Next Year
December 10, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/10/paris-to-ban-non-biodegradale-plastic-bags-next-year/
Mens News Daily, Paris, France
It is six p.m. on a weekday evening in northern Paris, and Charles Chetrit is fielding his usual crowd of customers shopping after work.
Chetrit rings up their groceries and then offers them an item that will soon be disappearing from the city: A disposable, plastic bag...
Paris to Ban Non-Biodegradable Plastic Bags Next Year
December 10, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/10/paris-to-ban-non-biodegradale-plastic-bags-next-year/
Mens News Daily, Paris, France
It is six p.m. on a weekday evening in northern Paris, and Charles Chetrit is fielding his usual crowd of customers shopping after work.
Chetrit rings up their groceries and then offers them an item that will soon be disappearing from the city: A disposable, plastic bag...
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