Sentences with phrase «plastic bags at»

Skip the plastic bags at the liquor store and use a vintage metal carrier.

I haven't considered myself a «green» person because I use the plastic bags at the grocery and haven't been good at recycling much.

And for those of use who hate plastic waste, the NHL is doing another great service: replacing 30,000 plastic bags at the Stanley Cup Finals with reusable, commemorative bags.

Charging for plastic bags at the supermarket works — people really do bring their own.

Montreal city council passed a bylaw on Tuesday that will ban the distribution of thin plastic bags at stores on city territory starting in 2018.

They certainly do not accept plastic bags at grocery stores.

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

While there are a handful of curbside programs on both coasts that accept plastic bags curbside to keep them out of the oceans, you'll definitely want to check with your local program before recycling plastic bags at the curb.

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She is switching to CFL bulbs, composting and foregoing the plastic bags at the grocery store!

All travellers are required to leave their plastic bags at the airport and residents are encouraged to drop off old bags at local grocery stores for collection.

Kauai eliminated plastic bags at retail outlets in 2011 and the following year Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban their use entirely.

The Green Police are out to crack down on every kind of consumer waste from shoppers using single use plastic bags at the supermarket to police drinking out of Styrofoam cups.

However over the years you've probably realised they can be quite space consuming and fitting all your make - up in one of those little plastic bags at security is a task in itself!

Suffolk County legislators introduced a bill Tuesday to ban single - use plastic bags at retail stores across the county, a move both town's supervisors have argued makes more sense than any town - wide ban.

The Legislature rejected Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz's request to spend $ 75,000 on a study to consider the impact of banning plastic bags at grocery stores, retailers and take - out restaurants.

Suffolk County residents hopeful for a decision regarding a proposed ban on single - use plastic bags at retail stores across the county will have to keep waiting.

The Long Beach City Council passed a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags at stores in the city, with members voted 5 - 0 to impose the fee, which will take effect on April 22 — Earth Day — next year.

The panel's near - term recommendations include a delay in the implementation of the sale of microbeads as well as a set of uniform regulations for chemicals in children's toys and the use of plastic bags at retail stores.

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.

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

Brooklyn Daily article on BP Adams joining students demonstrating the environmental harms of plastic bags at James Madison High School in Madison.

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.

Avoid plastic bags at the grocery store.

This grocery bag caddy is a great way to keep your used plastic bags at hand to re-use them.

A few months ago I emailed all my family and friends and asked them to simply stop using plastic bags at the grocery store.

«Lance actually said he saw some plastic bags at Turn 1 very early in the race.

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!

Walmart will continue to offer plastic bags at a fee of five cents per bag to those customers who request them.

To store, flatten out fondant to 1 - inch disc or rectangle, cover in parchment and store in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature.

Never store homemade gluten free bread in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature.

Store leftover bread in a plastic bag at room temperature.

Cornbread can be made up to 3 days in advance, kept sealed in a resealable plastic bag at room temperature until ready to use.

Leftover biscuits can be kept in a plastic bag at room temperature for a day or two and re-heated before serving.

Not only will this be easier for you to open one - handed, but, especially if your nursing spot is in the bedroom, your partner will appreciate not hearing that crinkle - crinkle of the plastic bag at night.

Suppose one wants to use fresh basil, instead of buying it in a plastic bag at the supermarket?

But will the brine affect the plastic bag at all or cause it to deteriorate in any way like tomato sauce does to aluminum foil?

Meanwhile, a shopper may choose not to use a plastic bag at all for a head of lettuce, thereby obviating that part of the packaging chain all together.

«All of a sudden the five cents is really becoming a sticking point with people and it wasn't really before, so I want to get rid of it,» Mayor Ford said of what it costs in Toronto to get a plastic bag at a store.

Keep it in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature or in the freezer.

Look at the province of Ontario's deposit system for wine and beer bottles and the paper bags in which all their goods are packed; it's impossible to get a plastic bag at any of their stores.

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On a recent Friday afternoon when I stopped in, an elderly woman stood ready at the cash register in front of a row of neatly hung plastic bags, all filled with prescription medications ready for pickup.

At a dinner they went to one night — Woz was a paid advisor on the film — the Apple cofounder brought with him a plastic bag full of magic tricks, and after the first course, he started performing.

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.

Five - cent plastic bag fee to discourage single use bags and eliminate plastic film from municipal land - fill to be implemented at Walmart stores in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec...

Los Angeles, California (CNN)- At first glance, the blown - up plastic bags affixed to a jungle gym - like frame residing in a University of Southern California courtyard looks like a piece of public art, pure and simple.

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.

At our station, we had bins of soy, rice, dehydrated carrots, vitamin and flavor sachets, and a simple funnel for pouring all of this in right proportions into sturdy plastic bags that would then be boxed and sent off to another station to be sealed.

At about 10:45 a.m. on Friday, May 5, 1989, Richard and his colleagues found themselves standing in the rain on Madison Avenue, clutching plastic garbage bags with their personal effects, plus, sub rosa, the company Rolodex.