April 21, 2007
Assemblyman: It’s time to bag the plastic
Gary Buiso, Courier Life, Brooklyn, NY
Assemblymember William Colton recently introduced a bill seeking to ban plastic grocery bags from large supermarkets statewide...
Showing posts with label NY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NY. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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...
Plastic Bag Kites
This Japanese artist living in NYC makes interesting work from plastic trash - both bags and bottles:
Miwa Koizumi
Since I moved to NY four years ago, I have started to see garbage as small creatures. Everywhere I go they are waiting for me. I pass by and they want to talk with me.
I think this is based on an Asian mentality. ( also I use a lot of ephemeral materials to make a meaning for nothing) Especially in Japan, we have many spirits in our everyday life. Even if an object doesn't have a mind, its spirit affects me. This idea gives me a different point of view when observing things.
"PET" and "kite project
Miwa Koizumi
Since I moved to NY four years ago, I have started to see garbage as small creatures. Everywhere I go they are waiting for me. I pass by and they want to talk with me.
I think this is based on an Asian mentality. ( also I use a lot of ephemeral materials to make a meaning for nothing) Especially in Japan, we have many spirits in our everyday life. Even if an object doesn't have a mind, its spirit affects me. This idea gives me a different point of view when observing things.
"PET" and "kite project
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Paper or plastic? Neither in Poughkeepsie
Company helps environment with reusable bags
December 3, 2006
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/COLUMNISTS07/612030358
By DAN SHAPLEY, Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY
Her answer to paper or plastic? Neither.
Last year, Lisa Foster, a Los Angeles resident, gave up her career as an English teacher to proselytize for reusable shopping bags. She started a company, 1 Bag at a Time, to distribute polypropylene bags to grocery stores, including some in the Hudson Valley."My campaign is a national one to educate consumers about the impact of those paper and plastic bags we throw away daily," she said...
December 3, 2006
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/COLUMNISTS07/612030358
By DAN SHAPLEY, Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY
Her answer to paper or plastic? Neither.
Last year, Lisa Foster, a Los Angeles resident, gave up her career as an English teacher to proselytize for reusable shopping bags. She started a company, 1 Bag at a Time, to distribute polypropylene bags to grocery stores, including some in the Hudson Valley."My campaign is a national one to educate consumers about the impact of those paper and plastic bags we throw away daily," she said...
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