Sentences with phrase «on plastic bags by»

The Governor appointed a Task Force that is supposed to make recommendations for action on plastic bags by the end of the year but has failed to hold any hearings or public meetings.

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Once a week, Pedro instructed his crew on how to ship cash back to his bosses in Mexico: separate the bills by denomination, bundle the money, bag the bundles in plastic, vacuum - and heat - seal them, stick in some fabric softener to mask the scent, and then wrap them again in plastic wrap and duct tape.

The call to confession «invite people to get in touch with themselves and asks where they feel some empty spaces in their lives» (symbolized by a display of empty, clear plastic bags on the communion table), as if admitting emptiness were the same as confessing sin, and as if sin were merely the absence of good.

A war on plastic has been declared, and tea bags are the next culprit to be brought to light by the media.

By working with TerraCycle's Zero Waste Box division, the organizers at the Sustainable Foods Summit will outfit Parc 55 San Francisco with recycling boxes for shipping and transport materials on the backend, and front - facing boxes for single - serving food and chip bags and plastic Solo cups on the show floor.

Final Straw's campaign is inspired by the 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England which was introduced in October 2015.

«Following the introduction of the 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England, usage fell by 85 % in just 6 months.

Remove from oil, and immediately flatten (I put it in plastic bag and smashed between two boards by standing on them).

Soft - sided units can be transported in the special insulated cooler offered by the manufacturer for transporting filled bags, or they can be put into plastic containers that have screw - or snap - on lids to keep them upright and protect them inside a regular insulated cooler.

Pack an extra special treat for your child's snack on Valentine's day by making a festive popcorn bag by filling a plastic bag with popcorn and sealing the bag with decorative washi tape.

These liners are essentially plastic bags with super absorbent padding that can be inserted into the potty and secured by pulling the liner handles around the legs, making the potty easy to use while on the go.

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.

Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, as reported here by Daily Voice.

A ban on single - use plastic bags was one of several options put forward in January by a task force Cuomo created to study the issue of plastic bag waste.

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All grocery stores will begin adding a five cent surcharge to paper and plastic bags on Oct. 1 to comply with a new law recently passed by the City Council.

Perhaps he can expand upon it by urging fellow legislators to support a countywide ban on plastic bags and continue the push for affordable septic systems to improve water quality.

As hundreds of advocates rallied in Albany against climate change and to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do more on the issue, his office announced legislation on Monday that would institute a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags by 2019.

But on Tuesday evening, it was the Republican leader in a statement praising Cuomo for signing a bill that blocks the implementation of a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags in New York City — a measure that had been pushed by the GOP conference, most prominently Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who aligns with the Republicans and is a key vote.

There's majority support for scrapping a surcharge on plastic bags in New York City, according to a poll released this weekend by the state Conservative Party.

Felder's bill seeks to reverse an about to go into effect 5 - cent fee on plastic and paper bags provided by New York City retailers.

Starting on Earth Day, April 22, 2018, and running through the month of May, selected artwork created by students using single - use plastic shopping bags will be on display at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

Marcus Solis reports the 5 cent fee on plastic bags in New York City has been delayed by the State Senate.

At a meeting of a plastic bag task force created by the governor, representatives of various groups seemed to agree that they would by year end recommend some sort of control on the bags which can be seen littering roadsides across the state.

In light of Thursday morning's report by Erie County Comptroller Stephan Mychajliw that Poloncarz underestimated 2015 sales tax revenues, questions were asked whether the money is available to spend $ 750,000 a year on plans to increase protection from lead poisoning, and an estimated % 50,000 to $ 70,000 for an environmental impact review ahead of plans to ban plastic shopping bags.

NEW YORK CITY, NY — The New York Assembly passed legislation Tuesday blocking the implementation of New York City's new five cent fee on paper and plastic bags, one day after the bill was also passed by the State Senate.

It's not the outright ban on plastic bags that some officials had sought in the past, but come Jan. 1, a bill that Suffolk County passed in 2016 will take effect — and you'll pay a nickel for every non-reusable paper or plastic shopping bag provided by a store.

He said he anticipates there will be a 10 - cent fee on plastic bags with revenue shared by the state and retailers, but said he hopes he is wrong on that.

Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin — the architects of the city's planned five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags — accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of suffocating both local government and the planet by signing off on legislation blocking the implementation of the statute.

The Bring Your Own Bag Law, passed by the New York City Council, would begin to address the scourge of single - use plastic bags on the city's environment.

In 2016, the New York City Council narrowly passed a bill — which proposed a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags — by a vote of 28 - 20.

In yet another reminder of the mayor's lesser reputation in the eyes of the Senate — where Long Island and upstate Republicans hold sway, and have been offended by efforts to oust them — New York City was forced to delay enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, a setback for the mayor and the City Council on a seemingly local concern but one with national political appeal.

State lawmakers are trying to roll back a new fee on plastic bags and asked New Yorkers to help them Sunday by haranguing Mayor de Blasio and the City Council.

This year's exhibits include a make - your - own greenhouse station, which uses plastic bags, beans and soil, as well as robots operated by an application on a tablet.

For the past few years, her group has been getting some animals to share cages by providing enrichment: hay - filled paper bags they can «forage» through, plastic keys to gnaw on, and other accoutrements.

Clockwise from top left i) Plastic bag recorded by an OFOS at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Arctic) at 2500 m; ii = Litter recovered within the net of a trawl in Blanes open slope at 1500 m during the PROMETO 5 cruise on board the R / V «García del Cid»; iii) Cargo net entangled in a cold - water coral colony at 950 m in Darwin Mound with the ROV «Lynx» (National Oceanography Centre, UK).

Materials • Printer • Paper • Scissors • Crayons and markers (optional) • Tape • Two drinking straws • Hole punch • Kite string • Measuring tape or ruler • Paper clip • Plastic grocery bag or other thin plastic bag • An open, clear area outside Preparation • Download the Sled Kite Template (pdf) and print it out on a sheet of eight - and - a-half-inch by 11 - inchPlastic grocery bag or other thin plastic bag • An open, clear area outside Preparation • Download the Sled Kite Template (pdf) and print it out on a sheet of eight - and - a-half-inch by 11 - inchplastic bag • An open, clear area outside Preparation • Download the Sled Kite Template (pdf) and print it out on a sheet of eight - and - a-half-inch by 11 - inch paper.

A team at the OU's Integrated Waste Systems (IWS) research group is working on an ambitious partnership worth around # 250,000 with a UK SME, and funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to develop a new type of biodegradable single - use plastic carrier bags that is recyclable, biodegradable and will have no harmful effects on plants or animals.

Over in England, Silo, a coffeehouse, brewery, and restaurant, has gone entirely zero - waste by trading directly with farmers, opting for furniture made from recycled materials like industrial floor tiles and filing cabinets, and serving on plates and platters made of plastic bags.

We have a best - by date on the plastic tab that seals the bag.

Start by protecting them from exploding in your bag by cutting a small square of plastic wrap, unscrewing the cap, and placing it over the bottle opening before screwing back on the lid.

ONLINE PURCHASES No return or exchange will be accepted for the following items that are defined as «Excluded Items» for purchases online: goods that are not in Sellable Condition, perishable goods including food, beverages, flowers, plants (including the vases / pots / vessels in which the flowers and plants are planted) and hampers, items subject to Environmental Levy on Plastic Bags and any other item excluded from return or exchange for online purchases by prevailing laws from time to time.

The Welsh government introduced a 5p charge on plastic bags in October 2011, reducing the number handed out at tills by 90 per cent and raising tens of thousands of pounds for good causes.

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Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures on an epic journey through the environmentally barren remains of America where it encounters strange creatures, brief love in the sky, a colony of prophetic torn bags on a fence and more as it searches for its maker.

If one isn't attempting suicide by putting a plastic bag over his head, the other is popping copious amounts of Viagra and getting a hard - on for violence.

An artificial lure of white plastic trash bags on a strong string is pulled through a series of pulleys by a lure machine.

But even when I am in other communities around the Bay Area, it is the San Francisco Bay Area I live in, measured by the proximity to that marvelous city, home to green building codes, to universal health care, to bans on plastic bags, to mandatory composting, to rainbow flags waving proudly in the Castro breeze, to dog walking on Ocean Beach, to watching a ballgame at AT&T park, to the guy you love and hate at the same time, the great Mayor himself, Mr. Gavin Newsom.

On March 20th 2018, the government of Belize approved a proposal to reduce plastic and Styrofoam pollution through the phasing out of single - use plastic shopping bags, Styrofoam, and plastic food utensils, by April 22, 2019.

Various events are planned throughout the project period: an introductory talk by artist Nathaniel Stern (October 28); a day during which Kaganovich and her assistants will occupy our art studio to demonstrate the processes and techniques used in making grow (November 17); and a hands - on workshop where you will learn to manipulate plastic bags as a raw material and make something to take home (January 20).