Sentences with phrase «using plastic bags»

Not buying a new reusable bag but recycling tshirts!plus I am not using plastic bags!

They stopped using plastic bags.

Monbiot was not, I think, saying that we should go back to using plastic bags.

My problem is how to get items from the bulk dept at the store without using their plastic bags.

Be aware, however, that while not using plastic bags is very good for the environment, it actually only makes up a small part of your carbon footprint.

Kenya passed a law which made making, selling and using plastic bags illegal and punishable by up to four years» imprisonment or $ 40,000 in fines, in an attempt to reduce the nation's plastic pollution.

Take cloth bags to the super markets rather than using plastic bags once and throwing them away.

According to this «small» doctrine, justice is done, equality is achieved, and your responsibilities are met by having a shower instead of bath, recycling your newspapers, and not using plastic bags.

Of course this is not going to single handedly solve the worlds plastic bag problem, nor are we saying it is totally sustainable jewelery, (gold is also used), but this jewellery does give rise to alternative and thoughtful uses for discarded plastics.The recent backlash against plastic shopping bags in Australia has been written about here before, there are a few alternatives that have been trialled such as the potato starch bag, reusable woven bags and banning plastic bags altogether, but using plastic bags persists, which leaves the dilemma of what to do with them.

As an artist, Katherine has evolved from making sculpture in more traditional materials, to collage using plastic bags.

By using plastic bags to create Common Ground, Rombaldi Seppey allows the viewer a measure of accessibiliity and intimacy with the work through the familarity of the material.

Check out the glow - in - the - dark fun in the mad scientists» lab, enjoy spine tingling talks about creatures of the deep, stop by the craft table to make a Dia de Los Muertos mask and check out a new fun maze that will challenge all to think twice about using plastic bags.

Their calculations helped us create a scaled model of the gyre on our play field using the plastic bags collected from the week.

I was so thrilled to get to Madrid where customers are charged for using plastic bags, and it is the norm to bring your own canvas one.

This kind of approach leads people to bring, you know, a tote bag with them and stop using the plastic bags.

that we must stop using plastic bags for the good of our environment.»

He said the goal of the fee, which he made clear was initially a City Council idea, was to change people's behavior to get away from using plastic bags, which clog landfills.

Assemblyman Micah Kellner wants to make using plastic bags a «faux pas» and introduced a bill to tax them.

I hate using plastic bags.

SAFETY WARNING: Avoid using plastic bags.

Can you think of a fun craft to make using plastic bags?

You see, I really feel guilty about using plastic bags for my son's lunch.

And, of course I feel good about not using plastic bags in their lunch anymore.

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

I use jars of all shapes and sizes for everything; I've even begun taking them to the co-op to fill bulk items, instead of using plastic bags, which I have no use for at home.

Harvest Market's decision to stop using plastic bags preceded a city ordinance that went into effect in late 2012 banning their use in all grocery stores.

Do shoppers come away with merchandise in custom rope - handled shopping bags or in used plastic bags from the grocery store?

After some thinking, we found the solution in fusing used plastic bags into durable sheets and then sewing those sheets together into a designer bag.

«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 %.

This unique dog pooper scooper features a compact design that is perfect for walks or traveling, and uses any plastic bag for sanitary pickups.

Petition your local supermarket, council, or government, to ban single - use plastic bags — this has already happened in some countries around the world (although not yet NZ or Australia!).

New Zealanders on average use 1 single - use plastic bag every day, with an average use time of 12 minutes, yet a degradation period of 1000 years;

It would depend on the size of the opening of the piping bag — it might be better to use plastic bags and cut the corner off, to get a smaller opening.

We use a plastic bag with the tip cut off to pipe our batter into our donut maker, you can also use a pastry bag... whichever method, fill with batter and prep your donut maker or donut pan and bake according to manufacturers instructions.

Use a plastic bag with a corner cut off or a piping bag and tip to overfill the cucumber cups with the spicy cheese.

If using the plastic bag method, cut the tip off of each of the bags and set down with the cut side up... otherwise your batter may ooze out.

Scrape dough into a piping bag fitted with a 1/2» round tip (alternatively, use a plastic bag with a 1/2» opening cut diagonally from 1 corner).

If using a plastic bag, make sure you squeeze as much air out of it (it will help the chicken to attain more intense flavor).

Banning single - use plastic bags makes sense, as long as it doesn't usher in behaviours that are just as bad, or worse — like over-using heavier bags made of even more plastic.

We don't use plastic bags — just waxed paper bags when we run out of the cloth ones.

I think for the next to months I will do better about always having a reusable container for my husband's sandwich (I have been known to sometimes use plastic bags for them if I forgot to wash his containers).

Wrap - N - Mat — These reusable sandwich bags are perfect for wrapping your food so that you no longer need to use plastic bags.

Bumkins reusable snack bags are the eco-friendly alternative to single - use plastic bags.

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

I wanted these for my little trash bins so I did not have to use plastic bags.

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

Who wants to use plastic bags when they could use this for their groceries?

We don't use plastic bags, and our glass bottles and cans are all collected for recycling.

Never use a plastic bag as a mattress cover because it's a suffocation hazard.

Small changes - like avoiding using a plastic bag to transport messes - makes a difference to Mother Earth!