At the end of March, we were contacted by the Mayor of the Town of Chestertown in Maryland.  Her town was getting ready to vote to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and she was looking to partner with Conservingnow.com on an educational campaign for the town's residents.  Her idea was that our clings would be an important component in helping change plastic bag habits!  We obvi

From Plastic Bag Ban Report:

From Plastic Bag Ban Report:

The preparation for Earth Day has been extensive here.  We are delighted to be so busy!  From garden clubs to city governments to schools we have been working hard to send out a steady supply of our free car window reminder clings.  And this is incredibly important as each cling potentially repre

More and more cities are considering and/or implementing plastic bag bans - this is an important step for all of us because as these cities start to consider the effects of plastic bags and bans and taxes, they are beginning a process to understand more clearly all of the complicated issues around getting rid of plastic bags.  There are the super markets, the consumers, the small retailers

Its not just cities that are trying to rid themselves of plastic bags.  States are trying as well.  Recently, a state senator from Oregon proposed legislation banning plastic bags statewide.

Facing anti-plastic bag legislation nationwide, many stores have taken the initiative to reduce their plastic bag consumption voluntarily.  Publix grocery store is one such retailer.  Here is summary of many of the changes they have been making:

Its been one month since the D.C. bag tax and the Washington Post is reporting that the tax is forcing consumers to bring their bags!  In an article last week, the Post shows that with some incentive people are more than willing to bring their bags.  "They are getting used to bringing their own, even if they have to rush back to their cars to retrieve them. D.C.