Sentences with phrase «waste a plastic bag»

Looks like a foolproof method, but it's so unnecessary to waste a plastic bag like that.

University of Adelaide researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high - tech nanomaterial.

I pack my daughter's lunch every day, and it feels like a pack a million containers in it because I don't want to waste plastic bags and I try not to use prepackaged foods.

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

Hwang says FiscalNote's platform recently helped Dow Chemical's lobbyists identify 18 bills around the country related to plastic bag disposal and waste emissions, two things that could have big effects on what it manufactures in its facilities in six states.

The distribution of plastic bags has been identified as a key environmental concern and has been called out by municipalities as a large contributor to land - fill waste.

My job is to grind up the chunky bits and then pour the goop into red plastic medical waste bags.

After the Prime Minister said she wants to extend the plastic bag charge and eradicate all plastic waste... More

Maybe it's making for «no straw» in your drink when you go out, bringing your own bags to the grocery store, getting coffee or a smoothie in your own cup / jar, bringing your own silverware when you're out and about, switching from paper to cloth napkins, buying bread from a local bakery or making it yourself instead of buying in plastic, switching to a menstrual cup or washable cloth pads instead of disposable, there's so many different ways to produce less waste.

We try to cut down the amount of waste we produce — we've eliminated most of our paper towel use (it takes us a couple months to go through one roll now), and we wash and reuse resealable plastic bags.

She said that the UK was a «world leader» when it came to cutting down plastic waste, citing recent policy changes from banning micro-beads in cosmetic products to 5p charges on plastic bags in supermarkets.

Up to now, the bags and packaging included plastic or residual waste.

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.

«Conservatively, we can identify at least 56,000 tonnes of plastic entering our environment every year, [including] beverage litter, tyre dust, synthetic fibres, production waste, microbeads and plastic bags,» Boomerang Alliance national policy director Dave West said.

Now packing a lunch box everyday can mean a lot of waste, paper bags, napkins, plastic bags, wrappers, forks, water bags, you name it, straws and more.

This Western interpretation of a traditional Japanese Hapi coat was inspired by the plethora of plastic shopping bags that fill our landfills, blow across our streets, and waste our limited...

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In Naperville, park district officials have posted plastic bag dispensers throughout the many walking trails in hope of deterring the waste.

Made from petroleum, plastic bags are contributing to enivonmental degradation around the world, clogging our oceans, and are an enormous waste of money.

«It's not like I'm perfect» I tell myself as I look at the 5 plastic grocery bags wasted on my groceries and remember I haven't had the guts to stop using my disposable maxi pads.

Katie Anthony, a mother of two and a Seattle - based blogger at KatyKatiKate.com, cloth - diapered for her first baby but crossed over for her second, lamenting, «When you pull the Diaper Genie bag out of the pail, and you just see this blue plastic tube full of NASA - invented synthetic fibers that are soaked in human waste, and it's just this foul little sausage, there's a part of me that is really sad.»

Chobanian reasons that the country has become accustomed to recycling and reusing old newspapers, pop cans and bottles, plastic shopping bags, tires, motor oil and, in some places, waste water from toilets.

I make an effort to waste as little as possible and the food I purchase either doesn't come in a package (like fruits and veggies), comes in recyclable packaging (like canned beans or a jar of applesauce) or we buy in bulk (like nuts and grains) and reuse the plastic bags until they are no good.

Use reusable grocery bags so you don't have to waste thousands of disposable plastic bags every year.

Every now and then I still use a plastic sandwich bag or piece of foil, but I've been able to greatly reduce our family's environmental lunch waste by purchasing many of these items.

On my personal opinion such as — wipe warmer, changing table, diaper waste pail, nursing pillow, crib bedding, diaper bag, baby bathtub, bamboo seat, anything plastic made bottles or verity of toys etc..

Packing lunch with four plastic bags five days a week for one year wastes almost 1000 bags per person!

A small proportion of our co sleeping deaths are horrible accidents that in retrospect could maybe have been prevented (in this group I include babies who fall down the gap between the bed and the wall and get wedged and become asphyxiated, or a baby who rolled out of bed and landed head first into a waste paper basket that had been lined with a plastic bag, or a baby who had been put up on the pillows but had slipped down the gap between the two pillows at the top of the bed and the pillows then moved over her face due to the parents shifting position.

Reynolds is just one of many parents who ascribe to a zero - waste philosophy, making their own diaper paste, storing their breastmilk in mason jars instead of plastic bags, and even sharing breastmilk to keep from using formula.

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.

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.

«It's unfortunate, but not surprising, that the State Senate would vote to mandate that New York City waste billions of plastic bags each year,» said Councilman Brad Lander, a Brooklyn Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors.

A mayoral spokeswoman said de Blasio would work with the council to reduce plastic - bag waste as part of the city's environmental goals but declined to weigh in on the proposal.

The governor reiterated at an unrelated press conference this afternoon that he shared the Council's concerns about plastic bag waste.

«A fee on single - use paper and plastic disposable bags is the right way to reduce plastic bag waste in New York City,» he maintained.

A whole bunch of issues were not resolved during the budget process, from voting and ethics reforms to gun control, child sexual abuse victims, cash bail, plastic bags, food waste and more.

«Mayor de Blasio's OneNYC made a major commitment to sending zero waste to landfill by 2030, including through reducing the use of plastic bags,» said spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick.

«They don't want to do anything about reducing plastic bag waste,» he said.

Lined with plastic bags, the so - called rocket boxes could be reused, but after a while landfills refused to accept the bags of waste.

Organic waste that should decompose quickly in landfills often does not because it is overly compacted or is in plastic bags that seal out oxygen and soil microbes.

«Wax worm caterpillar will eat plastic shopping bags: New solution to plastic waste?.»

Your chairs, synthetic rugs and plastic bags could one day be made out of cocoa, rice and vegetable waste rather than petroleum, scientists are now reporting.

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.

Responsible owners pick up after their dog, but in doing so, put waste that is 100 % biodegradable into plastic bags that can take more than 100 years to decompose.

Before throwing out a product that may contain mercury, seal it in a plastic bag or leak - proof container and check with your local environmental, health or solid waste agency for disposal instructions, the FDA said.

A reusable utensil set and tote bag are other compact, useful items to pack that can save you a lot of unnecessary plastic waste when you're eating out in a new place.

On top of that, plastic bags are the second most common ocean waste (after cigarette butts) and they harm thousands of species of ocean wildlife each year (with an estimated 40,000 + pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of the ocean!).

And last but certainly not least, before a temporary ileostomy (yeah, that's a plastic bag attached to my abdomen to collect waste while my plumbing is under repair).

Reduce your waste by buying mesh bags, they are lightweight and perfectly mimic their plastic -LSB-...]

Made from petroleum, plastic bags are contributing to enivonmental degradation around the world, clogging our oceans, and are an enormous waste of money.