Sentences with phrase «of plastic bags from»

Bag Holder — Put those scraps to use and turn them into a plastic bag holder to keep all of those plastic bags from taking over your cupboards!

The good news: countries have proved that laws addressing plastic pollution really do work, reducing overall consumption and preventing millions of plastic bags from ending up in the environment or landfills.

Considering the fact that the program has diverted billions of plastic bags from landfill since being implemented in 2009, it was a classic Ford move.

Not exact matches

To develop it, Frayne spent the next year making dozens of mock Windcatchers from plastic garbage bags.

Shopping bags went from plastic to paper, and purchases were wrapped in pink tissue, neither of which was offered in Canadian locations at the time.

Google engineers studied balloon science from NASA, the Defence Department and the Jet Propulsion Lab to design their own airships made of plastic films similar to grocery bags.

In June 2009, as a response to widespread calls for bans or other anti-bag measures from environmental groups, the city of Toronto required that all local stores charge 5 cents for every plastic bag they handed out.

Mississauga, ON., January 25, 2016 — Walmart Canada today announced that beginning Feb. 9, 2016, it will stop providing free plastic bags to customers in an effort to promote the use of reusable bags and ultimately eliminate plastic film from land - fill.

«While we recognize our ultimate goal of eliminating plastic film from our operations altogether won't happen overnight, we believe our customers are open to supporting this goal by switching to reusable bags.»

«We know from our experience in other international markets that an incentive in the form of a fee to encourage customers to adopt reusable bags reduces single - use plastic bags by more than 50 %.

Use wrecking balls to compress / destroy the house from the outside of the «bagged» house without breaking the plastic film shield.

But we must be missing something, because every autumn, when the chestnuts begin to fall from the tree, I can count on the appearance of friendly, silent strangers, most likely pilgrims to the Marian shrine up the hill, stooping under the tree and gathering the dark, shiny nuts into bulging plastic bags.

a knee - level view from your bit of pavement; a battered, upturned cooking pot and countable ribs, coughing from your steel - banded lungs, alone, with your face to the wall; shrunken breasts and a three year old who can not stand; the ringed fingers, the eyes averted and a five - paise piece in your palm; smoking the babus» cigarette butts to quieten the fiend in your belly; a husband without a job, without a square meal a day, without energy, without hope; being at the mercy of everyone further up the ladder because you are a threat to their self - respect; a hut of tins and rags and plastic bags, in a warren of huts you can not stand up in, where your neighbors live at one arm's length across the lane; a man who cries out in silence; nobody listening, for everyone's talking; the prayer withheld, the heart withheld, the hand withheld; yours and mine Lord teach us to hate our poverty of spirit.

Maybe it's making for «no straw» in your drink when you go out, bringing your own bags to the grocery store, getting coffee or a smoothie in your own cup / jar, bringing your own silverware when you're out and about, switching from paper to cloth napkins, buying bread from a local bakery or making it yourself instead of buying in plastic, switching to a menstrual cup or washable cloth pads instead of disposable, there's so many different ways to produce less waste.

In defense of the rice ones from Trader Joe's (AKA Food for Life brand at any other store)-- yes, they break and yes, they do not behave like a regular tortilla and are frustrating but WOW do they make the best quesadillas and if you have a problem with corn, try cutting them up into chips and frying them up in an inch of olive oil in a 4 quart pot on the stove — the BEST tortilla chips that stay crispy and do not turn stale if you put them in a plastic zippered bag for up to a few (yes few) weeks.

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.

This machine produces plastics bags from a roll of film while simultaneously filling the bags with liquid or solid products.

Panic will set in and every single twist - tied plastic bag holding that loaf of bread and plastic gallon jug of milk will be stripped bare from it's spot on the market shelf, leaving yellow price tags...

When I received the bag, I immediately transferred the majority of the chia seeds to an airtight thick plastic container with a screw - on lid.I noticed from the get - go that the seeds seemed to stick to the scoop I was using, almost like there was static electricity?

Place the unbaked pastries in a Tupperware or plastic bag in single layers, separating each layer of bourekas with a piece of parchment paper or wax paper to keep them from freezing together.

Sweet Turkey Dessert Centerpiece Supplies: 3 boxes of Little Debbie Fall Party Cakes (any flavors) 3 empty Little Debbie Fall Party Cake boxes 1 bag of standard size marshmallows Orange, red and yellow food coloring Clean, food safe paint brush Gold food coloring spray (optional available at craft store) 3 bags of dried beans or rice (act as weights for the empty boxes) Hot glue gun with glue sticks Small to medium size Styrofoam pumpkin (from a dollar store or craft store) Bamboo skewers Candy corn Fruit leather (4 serving rolls) Candy eyes Plastic pilgrim hat (optional from craft store)...

Remove chiles from bag, then peel skins gently with your fingers (I wore gloves I was out of gloves and covered my hands in giant plastic bags at this stage — they can leave some serious spicy residue on your fingers!

Place chicken in a large baking dish or plastic bag, loosen the skin from the breast and legs of the chicken and, using your hands, spread a good part of the mixture underneath.

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

** Since I only use one chipotle pepper at a time, I put a piece of plastic wrap on a small baking sheet, spread the other peppers from the can on the plastic, freeze it and then store it in a freezer bag.

As you can tell from the title of this post, I was fruitful in my homemade granola efforts but, instead of stashing it away for Thom's mid-morning feasts, I put in a plastic bag and delivered it to my littlest brother (who's currently living that dorm life) because college kids can always use more food, right?

In 2015, as part of our Project Ocean campaign with the Zoological Society of London, we removed plastic carrier bags, microbeads from our beauty hall and single - use plastic cups and bottles from our stores and back of house.

5 - 6 sausages of choice, meat removed from casings 1 small onion, rough chop 1 plum tomato, rough chop 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 tablespoon onion powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 cups shredded cabbage 1 cup cooked beans of choice, rinsed 1 bag frozen corn 3 bell peppers, large dice 2 cups masa harina (maseca) + 1 teaspoon salt 2 small or 1 large jalapeño, thin slice (optional) NOTE: USE PLASTIC FOOD SAFE GLOVES for slicing and arranging jalapeños.

You can also cut out some pieces of plastic (either Ziploc or a plastic shopping bag) which you put on either side of the dough to keep it from sticking.

ice candy ice candy one of the things i usually bring back from the philippines is a small packet of narrow plastic bags used for making ice candy.

According to the latest figures from IRI, a leading provider of FMCG market intelligence and predictive, actionable insight, government targets to reduce the number of plastic bags used by English shoppers has not only been met, but exceeded.

Now, I buy a few pounds of almonds from my health food store in a plastic bag (which is reusable many times over) and use filtered water.

But, walk inside, and... let's just say there's nothing low - key about the orange, tropical - plant patterned floors, the pastel - marble bar stools, or the lights wired with garden hoses, not to mention the bag of tennis balls hangs from the ceiling, the floral oilcloths on the tables, or the «PLEASE WAIT TO BE TASTED» in plastic letters on the menu board.

Most of his gizmos and gewgaws had a smack - on - the - forehead logic to them: a tongue - and - groove closure for plastic bags, a jar lid that doubled as a coaster and a contraption made of canvas, steel rods and suction cups that prevents snow from piling up on a windshield.

Or taken from his personal cache, a plastic bag from McDonald's that originally held a couple of thousand striped straws but is now down to perhaps 50.

A stock of plastic bags and a pound of Silica Gel protected film and cameras from dampness and excessive dust.

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.

These cotton bags are attractive and simple, and best of all, they help you eliminate the dreaded plastic bag from your world.

Then, when you empty the long string of poop sausages from the base of the Diaper Genie ® and place it in yet another plastic bag to set at your curb for pick - up, you have successfully entombed that poop or pee diaper under three layers of plastic.

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).

If you're traveling with a baby (under the age of two), items such as baby food, breast milk, formula, water, and juice are exempt from airport security's 100 ml limit and do not have to be placed in a plastic bag.

Whether you're a diehard recycler who shops with canvas bags and keeps a compost bin in the corner of your backyard, or a busy parent looking for some quick tips on sorting glass from plastic, it's easy to get your family on the path to greener living.

Instantly has access to things meant for much older children, and a couple of years of pre-accumulated plastic party bag tat and things from magazines.

Catering for adults and children, our wide variety of products includes best sellers like the Original Jumbo Storage Bag, made from recycled plastic bottles.

Our eco-friendly collection of lunch bags and shopping bags are also made from recycled plastic and are durable and foldable.

These bags may be made of any number of materials from cotton and hemp to other food - safe plastic - like alternatives.

When we have to shop we take our own cloth bags to the market instead of using «paper or plastic» from the store.

Made from petroleum, plastic bags are contributing to enivonmental degradation around the world, clogging our oceans, and are an enormous waste of money.

Besides, these plastic bags contain lesser count of wipes so you need to purchase from time to time.

I've been bringing my lunch to work since Jan 1 this year to save money and reduce my use of styrofoam containers from the cafeteria, but I've been concerned about how many plastic sandwich bags I'm using each week.