Sentences with phrase «new plastic bags»

Nonetheless, they do help reduce plastic consumption as I don't have to pick up new plastic bags at the store.

In order to help drive up sales the company has just released fancy new plastic bags.

2) When purchasing ingredients in the store, try to shop where goods are sold in bulk bins and you can bring your own cloth produce bags or glass jars instead of taking new plastic bags.

Except for the sterile expressed breastmilk bags or new plastic bags, all containers and breast pump parts used to collect or store breastmilk will need to be cleaned before use.

Fortunately, consumer awareness - raising campaigns (like Global Village Beijing's new Plastic Bag Reduction Network) are becoming more common.

Not exact matches

They wanted to solve the plastic bag problem and they wanted a new designer bag to sell.

Then, there are abortions, the babies carried, sometimes with a cry, in plastic bags to the dustbins... new sexual ethic indeed!

New Zealanders on average use 1 single - use plastic bag every day, with an average use time of 12 minutes, yet a degradation period of 1000 years;

A two - hour bus ride to the mysterious, exotic East End of Montreal (the all - Francophone area, into which they never ventured otherwise); where everything was interesting and new, from the dark plumes of smoke that snaked across the sky from factory chimneys to the stray newspapers and empty plastic bags that swished across the neglected streets to the staccato joual that echoed down the alleys as they drove by.

New bag - in - box dispensing tap for edible oil from Worldwide Dispensers, a part of DS Smith Plastics Division.

New at this so I have a lot to pick from... Switching from disposable to cloth diapers (and getting 2 friends to join in with me) Using reusable grocery bags instead of plastic will also try to use cloth napkins too.

Mine was stuffed with the aforementioned junk food plus healthy snacks (untouched), new books, (more interesting), new trinket - y toys from the dollar store (wrapped for even more fun), diapers, wipes, sippy cup, cherished blanket (guard with your life), 2 changes of clothes for her (you never know), a change of clothes for me (you never know), plastic bags (to hold the aforementioned possible laundry), and her pacifier to help her ears for landing (the only times she slept on both flights).

NO, baby food will not explode but pack it in a zippered plastic bag just in case it leaks, and don't you know how lucky you are to have those new squeezable foil pouches?!

After doing triple feeds for 6 weeks and now being a new EPer and a full time nurse and mom, I would love to have something less wasteful than the plastic bags I'm using.

These big plastic bags of wipes cost a little less than just buying a new plastic box each time, and they don't take up much room to store.

A group of researchers in Hsinchu County has developed a new technique to turn used diapers into recyclable materials, which can be utilized to make other products, such as cardboard and plastic bags.

I take a new diaper, a few wipes and an plastic grocery bag to hold the used diaper in.

More people are buying BPA - free plastics and reusable grocery bags but for new homebuyers does that environmental consciousness translate to Energy Star appliances and tankless water heaters?

The New York City Council voted 28 - 20 to require certain retailers to collect a fee on each carryout bag, paper or plastic, with some exceptions, with Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing support for the measure.

The ability of prison workers to slip tools to inmates in frozen meat that led to a breakout two years ago may be the impetus for a new policy at New York prisons: only clear plastic bags allownew policy at New York prisons: only clear plastic bags allowNew York prisons: only clear plastic bags allowed.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, introducing a bill to outlaw them by next year day after Earth Day and a little more than a year after he blocked a 5 - cent surcharge that New York City had sought to place on single - use plastic bags.

New Yorkers use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags annually, according to a task force created by Cuomo to study the issue.

«Ladies and gentlemen, you should know that all of the residents and shoppers in New York City will have some relief for at least one year, and will not have to pay the 5 cents (5 cents) per plastic bag while shopping for groceries and other items,» Diaz wrote in the emailed statement.

The funding stream could come from a voluntary surcharge on motor vehicle registrations or a penny tax on plastic bags, according to Erik Kulleseid, the director of a new parks advocacy group, the Alliance for New York State Parnew parks advocacy group, the Alliance for New York State ParNew York State Parks.

Cuomo on Monday unveiled legislation that would ban single - use, plastic carryout shopping bags in New York.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a bill to ban plastic grocery bags in New York, but not everyone is praising him for it.

A day after the world celebrated Earth Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a bill that would ban plastic bags throughout the state.

New Yorkers use 23 billion plastic bags each year, according to the findings of a state panel formed to study their effects on the environment.

ALBANY — As his Democratic gubernatorial challenger joined environmental protesters outside the Capitol, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed a ban on single - use plastic bags at stores throughout New York State.

A year ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rejected a five - cent fee on plastic shopping bags at retail stores.

As Governor Andrew Cuomo joins the push to ban plastic bags in New York State, a local environmental advocate is moving forward with a cause of her own.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) introduced legislation Monday to ban single - use plastic bags at stores and restaurants.

As the Republican - controlled Senate Tuesday prepares to vote on legislation that would block New York City from enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, an environmental group is urging the Legislature to let the surcharge take effect.

After state lawmakers stepped in last week to vote on legislation that would delay the implementation of a plastic and paper bag fee in New York City, a Brooklyn assemblyman, Felix Ortiz, is looking to discourage use of disposable bags statewide.

«New York lawmakers should act this session to pass a plastic bag law based on best practices, which includes a fee for other bags, to adequately address the burden of plastic bags.»

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Tuesday that blocked implementation of a 5 - cent fee on plastic shopping bags that was to go into effect the following day in New York City.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- State lawmakers held a hearing Friday to examine whether New York City's plan to impose a fee on plastic bags will be a burden on consumeNEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- State lawmakers held a hearing Friday to examine whether New York City's plan to impose a fee on plastic bags will be a burden on consumeNew York City's plan to impose a fee on plastic bags will be a burden on consumers.

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D - Brooklyn) says New York should join California and over 150 other communities in outlawing plastic bags to protect the environment.

The Village of New Paltz in Ulster County banned single - use plastic bags last November.

The fate of plastic bags in New York — handed out by the billions by grocers, clothing stores, carry - out places and many other retailers — remains up in the air in the wake of a report by a state task force.

A group of outer borough lawmakers gathered in Brooklyn today to unveil a bill to stop New York City's recently passed plan to levy a five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags.

Plastic - bag use «is a significant environmental problem in New York state,» said Basil Seggos, DEC commissioner and chair of the NYS Plastic Bag Task Force, which announced the report on Saturdbag use «is a significant environmental problem in New York state,» said Basil Seggos, DEC commissioner and chair of the NYS Plastic Bag Task Force, which announced the report on SaturdBag Task Force, which announced the report on Saturday.

On one side were environmentalists who were eager to see New York City embrace a policy that they believe would help stem the unsightly spread of plastic bags and deal a blow to the petroleum and plastics industry, a major culprit in pollution worldwide.

The 88 - page report, «An Analysis of the Impact of Single - Use Plastic Bags,» includes information on plastic bag solutions implemented around the world as well as potential approaches to combating the problem in New YorkPlastic Bags,» includes information on plastic bag solutions implemented around the world as well as potential approaches to combating the problem in New Yorkplastic bag solutions implemented around the world as well as potential approaches to combating the problem in New York state.

ALBANY — The yearslong debate over whether to impose a fee for plastic bags in New York appeared to come to a hard - fought end last month, when the City Council voted to charge 5 cents for most plastic and paper shopping bags.

«It's unfortunate, but not surprising, that the State Senate would vote to mandate that New York City waste billions of plastic bags each year,» said Councilman Brad Lander, a Brooklyn Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors.

State Senator Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, in Albany on Tuesday, is among the opponents of New York City's plastic bag fee.

(There are a number of exemptions built into New York's policy, including for plastic produce bags, and restaurant and street - vendor carryout bags.)

A New York City Housing Authority tenant leader tore into Manhattan Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal for leading chants claiming families can afford a proposed 10 - cent fee on plastic bags at a rally in favor of the measure earlier this week.

That's a significant increase in wordiness for Felder, who said only one word in two of his three previous years in the Legislature, but had a jump in 2016 due to his lengthy defense of a bill that would have blocked New York City from implementing a plastic bag tax.