Reusable Bags

Posted By CONOR MIHELL, SPECIAL TO THE STAR Sault St. Marie, ON April 2009 According to the Worldwatch Institute, an international environmental research organization, humans around the globe produce upwards of five trillion plastic shopping, storage, lunch and garbage bags annually. The majority of these bags are used once and eventually disposed in a landfill,…

Jan 11, 2009 04:30 AM Robyn Doolittle STAFF REPORTER It’s like there’s a scarlet letter burned across Jennifer Sutcliffe’s forehead as she hastily piles eight bags of groceries into the cart – “P.” For plastic. For polluter. “I have cats. I use them for the litter,” she clarifies apologetically. Not good enough. Gazing down the…

Sep 14, 2008 04:30 AM Levies, deposit-return also being looked at as study targets worst trash offenders Moira Welsh Environment Reporter The City of Toronto is targeting some of its biggest garbage offenders – coffee cups, takeout food containers and plastic bags – in a study that could lead to sweeping changes in the way…

Tue May 27, 2008 3:06am EDT (Reuters) — China will become the latest country to outlaw ultra-thin plastic bags, when a ban takes effect on Sunday, in a bid to cut pollution and save resources. The ban, announced by the State Council in January, halts the production of bags that are thinner than 0.025 mm…

A great article on the rising need for reusable over plastic bags. Thanks to Larry West at about.com for giving us the straight facts about the harm that plastic bags have caused to us and our environment, both directly and indirectly.