Sentences with phrase «plastic bag use»

Among the other exemptions: plastic bags used for produce, small paper medicine bags at pharmacies, bags used at state - regulated liquor stores and bags used by soup kitchens.

Whether it's an all - out ban, limitations, or fees for use, such actions have been proven to reduce plastic bag use — something that absolutely must happen.

The less plastic bags we all use, the better.

Only 1 percent of the 4 trillion plastic bags used annually is recycled.

Do a school assembly explaining how plastic bags use fossil fuel and how much CO2 can be prevented from going into the atmosphere through a plastic bag ban.

The second scenario in which industry coalitions working with MRFs succeed is when legislation drives change through mandated guide, like the ban of plastic bag use in San Francisco in 2007; consumers were charged 10 cents per bag, creating cost incentives to use reusable bags, and other municipalities followed suit.

In November, Mr Brown told supermarkets they needed to find ways of cutting plastic use, with the government and retailers agreeing a voluntary commitment to cut plastic bag use by 25 per cent.

Today Mr Brown praised Ikea's policies, which have seen it cut plastic bag use by 95 per cent, and Marks and Spencer's recent decision to charge for bags.

A Christian charity's hailing a 5p tax which has caused plastic bag use to go down by more than six billion... More

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.

Combined with the ongoing plastic bag use, New Yorkers gets an incredible number of plastic bags — almost always for one, and only one - time, use.

Other council members pointed to studies showing plastic bag use is on the rise in cities that have instituted similar punitive fees, like San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Mr. Felder's bill would apply to all cities in the state, potentially affecting a handful of towns and counties that have considered policies designed to limit plastic bag use.

They don't see that as being an issue, but we're going to continue talking to see what kind of a resolution we can come to,» Mr. Espinal said, adding that he preferred reducing plastic bag use with carrots rather than sticks.

The county «had no choice but to delay moving forward» on its proposed local law banning certain kinds of thin plastic bags used by grocers and other retailers, said James Goldstein, Lebanon town supervisor and chair of Madison County's Solid Waste and Recycling committee.

Consigned by the New York gallery Luhring Augustine, the material for sale includes vintage photographs from the 1960s of teenagers shooting up and hooking up and the so - called «Heroin» series from 2014 — abstract oil paintings into which small plastic bags used for drug storage are embedded.

The next plastic bag you use, if not recycled, will most likely wind up in a landfill, ocean, park or beach where it will remain for thousands of years along with the other 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic...

Its lobbyists have previously been caught editing environmental textbooks in California to support plastic bag use.

May also hopes to encourage the 52 countries in the Commonwealth to join the UK in banning microbeads and restricting plastic bag use.

To meet certification standards on its farms, Chiquita has worked to protect forest preserves, plant buffer zones of trees along waterways, recycle the large blue plastic bags used to cover bunches of ripening bananas, and improve facilities for workers.

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«Given the fact that a five - cent fee will likely reduce plastic bag use by anywhere from 60 percent to two - thirds, we'll take two - thirds of a loaf over nothing anytime,» he said.

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.

It was a huge success, reducing plastic bag use by half, but Mayor Ford didn't like it, saying people were irritated by it.

A Christian charity's hailing a 5p tax which has caused plastic bag use to go down by more than six billion since it came in.

As the newspaper launches its own campaign to ban bags, Mr Brown said cutting plastic bag use is «one of the most straightforward ways we can all do something directly to improve our environment and reduce pollution».

As one of the leading manufacturers of plastic bags used in the foodservice and grocery industries, Pak - Sher understands the specific needs of its customers and uses that information more thoroughly than any of its competitors.

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.

I must admit, I really like your container, it's a lot easier for me to handle over the plastic bag used by Nutiva.

Love that it has a strap to hang and more eco friendly than the plastic bags she uses for dirty clothes.

In other cities with similar policies, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, plastic bag use has dropped sharply, the bill's supporters noted.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has come out in support of a bill that charges residents for the plastic bags they use while shopping.

ALBANY - State lawmakers may be about to put the bag on the city's plans to charge shoppers a nickel for each plastic bag they use.

State lawmakers may be about to put the bag on NYC's plans to charge shoppers a nickel for each plastic bag they use.

Even Cuomo's own state panel recently found more cons than pros when it comes to banning single - use plastic bags, writing «plastic bag bans do not always equate to reduction in plastic bag use.»

In other municipalities, Mr. Turner said, enacting such a fee did result in a reduction of paper and plastic bag use.

The plan: Fund a study that would lay the framework for a new local law to either prohibit grocery stores and other retailers from giving out plastic bags to shoppers, or establish financial penalties for plastic bag use.

Ireland's «plastax,» launched in 2002, has resulted in a 90 percent voluntary reduction in plastic bag use.

Scientists detected the plastic bag using the Deep - Sea Debris Database, which has captured a collection of photos and videos from divers over the past 30 years.

As it turns out my local council, in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic bags used in it's community are distributing a reusable bag to every household in its constituency: — RRB - It comes folded up in a fairly small block (no packaging, it folds into itself and has a Velcro tab to keep it folded) so it's easy to throw in my backpack or carry around so when I can't fit any more into my backpack it's right there again and again!

The ACC also pushed to include more about plastic bag recycling in the text, but activists point out that despite the industry's efforts to push recycling as a solution to plastic pollution, less than 10 % of the 100 billion plastic bags used in the United States each year are recycled, and recycling does not address the impact plastic bags and packaging have on both animal and human health.

«We have already banned harmful microbeads and cut plastic bag use, and now we want to take action on straws, stirrers and cotton buds to help protect our marine life.»

IKEA Israel said the plastic bags used in Israel could be recycled.

Rachel's problem is not traffic, nor plastic bag use (she brings her own), but rather, firstly, the fact that many markets are too infrequent to have a real impact on farmers» income, and secondly, that they are still seen as too elitist and expensive.

A little while back this author was accused of being overly critical, even whiney, for suggesting that farmers» markets could be even better if more of an effort was made to reduce both plastic bag use and the amount of car traffic that some markets generate.

IKEA projects that the number of plastic bags used by their U.S. customers will be reduced by at least 50 % from 70 million to 35 million in the first year.