Sentences with phrase «than the plastic bags»

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

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 are much prettier than a plastic bag, re-usable and washable too.

It won't solve NYC's litter problem, that runs much deeper than the plastic bag tax.

A ban on helicopters would be even more popular (with people, as well as fish and birds) on the East End, as helicopters are far more invasive than plastic bags.

According to a 2005 study by the Scottish government, it requires roughly four times as much energy and more water to make a paper bag than a plastic bag, though the completed paper bags are much less likely to become litter.

I like this because it is MUCH better (and WAY more attractive) for storing recyclables than the plastic bag that is currently hanging on the back door!

If you choose not to cook or potluck, communicate with caterers that you prefer reusable food containers, rather than plastic bags or wrap.

In fact, there's no clear convenience benefit to plastic bags versus paper or reusable bags, reusable bags can be re-used many times more than plastic bags, and the energy question is still very much up for debate.

Pre-trial preparation is very important, he said, but most LiPs «are not capable of preparing a bundle of documents... even if it is a lever arch file rather than a plastic bag, you can not assume you have everything».

Not exact matches

They collect plastic grocery bags to create waterproof, recyclable mats to donate to the local homeless, and have hosted more than 65 food packing events to donate and package meals for local and international people in need.

Their contribution to urban waste is negligible: a recent Toronto street - litter survey found plastic retail bags constitute less than 1 % of total garbage.

«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 %.

More than seven billion plastic bags were handed out by seven main retailers in 2014, but this figure dropped to just over half a billion in the first six months of this year after the 5p charge was introduced in October last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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

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.

Instead of fancy parchment, use takeout plastic food bags (the kind that's more stiff than a regular plastic grocery bag).

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.

Oh, and it's nice to receive a resealable bag that's full versus a big plastic tub that's less than halfway full is just a complete waste of packaging.

The compostables, which often arrive in plastic bags, are then separated from contaminants before being transported to a composting site or an anaerobic digestion facility, ideally no more than 100 miles away.

When it comes to food products, food packaging is very important as customers are more likely to buy foods that are attractively packaged in food packaging bags, plastic food packaging or chipboard food packaging than they would if the packaging is not designed well.

As it is I try and not order more food than I can eat and try and ask for foil or just a paper bag instead of plastic or styrofoam containers so it should be easy to transition to my own container.

I found these sandwich wraps really easy to use and much more earth friendly than plastic sandwich bags.

Like the hard plastic spigot for emptying., but the diameter is smaller than other bags I have used, thus emptying quite a bit slower.

Sewing your own tote bags is a great way to assure strong, durable bags that are much more durable than any plastic shopping bag!

Since glass bottles and jars are stronger than plastic breast milk storage bags, you can wash and reuse them.

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.

If you use plastic bags, wash them and use them more than once.

They are stronger than disposable plastic storage bags, so they're less likely to break or leak.

So much easier than trying to keep ahold of a plastic bag that could fly off in the wind!

Metal or plastic lunch boxes without insulation don't do as good a job, but they're certainly better than paper lunch bags.

They are an eco-friendly option as the bags are biodegradable, and will make you feel a bit better than adding more plastic to landfill.

Plus, the pouches take up much less space than traditional glass or plastic jars, making it easy to store in a cupboard or slip in your diaper bag when traveling.Today, Celebrity Baby Trends is teaming up with AMARA to give one lucky winner a 2 - month supply of baby food (2 mastercases with 42 pouches in each)!

Most parents currently pack lunches in plastic wrap, plastic bags, and single - serve plastic packages, including PET water bottles, which are considered far less stable than their reusable counterparts.

Studies show that hard plastic or glass like that used in bottles or freezer trays maintains the nutritional properties of milk better than the soft plastic used in storage bags.

Lunch bags are a lot more than just a piece of plastic (or paper) that children carry their lunch to school in.

Rather than use plastic or paper bags to transport his food, we now have this adorable monkey lunch bag.

In our house the plastic egg fun just seems to go on and on, so momstown just had to share — if you're looking for a fun way to teach alphabet skills, sorting, patterning — look no further than a $ 3 bag of plastic eggs!

No one wants to read comments complaining about a 3 cent tax on plastic bags — or how one party has made you energy bill $ 3 higher than you want.

Supporters of the plastic bag fee say it's designed to cut down on environmentally harmful waste and surcharges in other cities have worked better than outright bans.

The DN praises Cuomo for «finally deciding» to do something about plastic bags, but adds: «the statewide ban he now proposes, more than a year after letting the state Legislature trash the City Council's better idea to impose a 5 - cent per - bag fee, is the wrong answer to a real scourge.»

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.

I'm sure they now think it is an even better idea than putting 5p on plastic bags, an idea David Laws assures me is the most popular policy the LibDems have put forward since, er, the abolition of tuition fees.

Rather than hit customers who use plastic and other disposable bags with the 5 - cent fee under the city law, a new bill would actually pay them to use reusable bags.

Still, the council in the letter to Cuomo says the bag fee is more preferable than an outright ban on plastic bags in New York City.

I'm all in favor of green, even the green plastic bags used at Healthy Living grocery store, but alas the Green Party stands for more than that.

The councilman and other backers of the three - year bill, such as co-sponsor Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan), say the fee would reduce 60 to 90 percent of the more than 9.3 billion plastic bags New Yorkers throw away annually by promoting the use of reusable bags.

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.

Goldstein said indications are there will likely be a statewide fee on plastic bags rather than a ban.

The law defines a reusable carryout bags as «a bag with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse» and is made of machine - washable cloth or another material other than plastic, or is made of durable plastic that's at least 2.25 mils thick.