Recycling is the key to a true green future for California retailers.
Plastic bags are easy to hate, but when they are recycled properly they become “green” gold: a real, long-term, sustainable solution whose time has come, and is in fact already working in Southern California.
Trash goes in – new plastic material comes out. Read the full post »
Last August (2009), all plastic shopping bags were officially banned in Mexico City which are not “bio-degradable”, making it the second largest metropolitan area to ban plastic bags.
To think that a biodegradable bag can be tossed out the window and then dissolve into inert components is pure myth…
Biodegradable plastic bags are “compostable”, and then only when composted under controlled conditions such as a municipal composting facility.
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A controversial ordinance in Manhattan Beach, California banning the use of plastic bags by retailers at the point of sale was struck down in the California Court of Appeals. The court decided that the government (Manhattan Beach in this case) cannot arbitrarily “ban” plastic bags without an environmental impact report proving that a ban is warranted. It sets a precedent for truth and fairness to rule as we tackle a key environmental issues in retail packaging. Read the full post »
