How One Can Encourage Supermarkets To Avoid Plastic
In striving to make the world a better place to live by supporting sustainable development, supermarkets have taken steps to reduce single-use plastic. This kind of campaign gained momentum in the UK when British Prime Minister Theresa May declared war against the use of plastic on ‘throwaway culture.’ The Prime Minister further added the encouragement…
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4 Reasons Why One Should Use Paper And Reusable Bags
The enormous amount that plastic and its products are used these days has created a lot of buzz among people. With the help of advanced technology, it seems that everything is available made from plastic – primarily, bags are produced with micro-plastic which is highly responsible for devastating the ecosystem as it does not break…
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A Thermal Bag to Store Your Food and More for Picnics
A picnic bag is a must if you have food items to be kept cool for an outdoor meal. Although attractive woven baskets have been in use for a long period of time, they don’t have the provision of keeping food items cool; there is a shortage of storage space as well. Thermal bags are becoming increasingly more…
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3 Simple Ways To Keep Your Lunch Fresh & Cool
We all know how plastic bags are ruining the environment. Even then, an average American uses six plastic bags per week. Can’t we do anything about it? Is it so unavoidable? The answer to these questions is simple – switch to reusable bags. Reusable bags can be used for a very long time Typically hundreds…
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An Expert’s Guide On Why Should We Choose Reusable Bags
In recent years people have become profound about protecting the environment; it’s every individual’s duty as so many factors are responsible for polluting our air, water, and surroundings. It could be better if we try reducing even minor effects of pollution on the earth. But how? An expert shares some meaningful tips for helping us…
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Hawaii Bans Plastic Bags In Grocery Stores
Hawaii is the first US state to ban plastic bags from being distributed at grocery store checkouts. Like France, the state of Hawaii (US) seems intent on leading the rest of the world into a sustainable era. Recently news was shared of its plans to transform old buses into homeless shelters, and now the Huffington…
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Retailers push reusable bags to save money, environment
When Katrina Gamble goes grocery shopping, she brings her list and her bags — a pair of sturdy canvas bags she bought a few months ago for $4.99 at her local grocery store. “It works just as well,” said Gamble, 30, a political science professor at Brown University, adding, “It’s better for the environment.” A…
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Lululemon and Reusable Bag Branding
By David Lawson,Icegreen Inc. Are you branding as well as Lululemon, the Vancouver-based maker of trendy yoga and running wear? Theirs is a great example of how smart for the environment can definitely mean smart for business too. You’d have to be pretty far removed from any media or pop culture references not to…
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Microbeads are a sign of our plastic consumer madness
How much are whiter teeth and smoother skin worth to you? Are they worth the water and fish in the Great Lakes? The cormorants that nest along the shore? The coral reefs that provide refuge and habitat for so much ocean life? Are they worth the oceans that give us half the oxygen we…
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Biodegradable Coffee Cups Embedded With Seeds Grow Into Trees When Thrown Away
A creative company in California called Reduce. Reuse. Grow has designed a coffee cup that is not only biodegradable, but even has seeds in its walls so that it can be planted and grown! The cups, which are currently part of a Kickstarter campaign, will have seeds embedded in their walls based on their…
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