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Encinitas and the Plastic Bag Ban: Part Deux
As we may recall, last month, Encinitas became the first city in San Diego County to move forward with a ban on disposable plastic bags. Thanks to the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce's monthly circular, Encinitas First, I can keep you ...

Selfish Reasons for Using Reusable Grocery Bags
On average, I'd say that about 16 plastic-bags-worth of groceries fit into 6 or 7 standard reusable grocery bags, resulting in fewer trips from the car to the kitchen. Second, most reusable bags have sturdy, comfortable handles. ...

Friday Link Round-Up: 10/03/08
A popular topic this morning: how do you remember your reusable bags? [The Green Routine]; Are the Barbados ready to go green? [The Nation Newspaper]; The Cayman Islands definitely are! [Cayman Net News]; Eight ways to Go Green at the ...

IKEA Goes From Tax to Ban
Maybe it's just personal bias based on their stylish furniture and tasty meatballs, but IKEA has always seemed to have a singular sense of practical-yet-extraordinary innovation. Example #1: my ridiculous indispensable Kitchen-in-a-Box ...

Big Trouble with Little Garbage Disposals?
Let's take a timeout from our normal topics to address a rather unusual, but completely valid, environmental concern — garbage disposals. I came across an article in Slate yesterday, where a troubled reader wrote in with this question: ...

Cute reusable Grocery Bags
Now I found another Cute Reusable Grocery Bags and it's more affordable than the previous eco bag. These bags are actually the no 1 best seller in Amazon Green, new Amazon category that sell eco products, including the eco gadget too. ...

Reusable Bags at the Grocery Store
I produce a lot of garbage, and I'm not talking about just my writing. Here's one reason: Even though the grocery store is only about a block or two away from my apartment, I tend to take large shopping trips infrequently rather than ...

Please, Please, Please Actually USE Your Reusables
As we know, reusable bags are good. Very, very good. Every time we take them out, every time we halt the production of just a few more disposable plastic bags, we are doing a service to our planet. But what happens when we purchase ...

Getting Down With Conservation in Ithaca
With a lack of any major news (which we have to admit is better than bad news), it seems like articles relating to recycling and conservation right now are getting more and more regionally specific. Last week we visited Olympia, WA, ...

Reusable Grocery Bags
I have seen plenty of reusable grocery bags everywhere, ever since conscientious grocery shopping is has become the “in” thing to do…what with the increasing awareness about our responsibility towards the environment. ...