A quick search on plastic bags this morning reveals a major debate happening amongst the citizens of Maine.  Maine is considered following in the footsteps of a similar bill in the state of Washington, and taxing plastic bags.  A local television station asked its readers to comment on whether or not they would like to see a $.10 charge for the plastic bags they would use when shoppin

The News Herald reported last week on an environmental study about plastic bags in Florida.  Sure, there isn't much new in the report - and by that I mean there isn't much we don't already know about the dangers and pollution of plastic bags.  But there are some excerpts that are worth reposting here.

Did anyone see this article about Wal-Mart?  http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=17257&channel=86

Our readers often forward articles about plastic bags that they find interesting or informative.  This article about CVS is from reader Rachel.  I love seeing major retailers making this type of change.  It sends a strong message about reducing plastic bags - the message that it should be on everyone's minds, not just the select few.  And who doesn't like making extra money

I was thinking this morning about all of my holiday shopping.  First there are the presents.  Then there is the food for holiday meals.  Oh and the ingredients for my holiday cookie get together.  And the decorations for the office holiday party.  Its amazing to me how quickly each of these little errands adds up.  In fact, its a wonder that any of us survive the h

This morning I stumbled across this blog post (http://www.vickiesmichigangarden.com/2009/11/life-without-plastic-grocer...) and it really got me thinking.  How did it get this bad?  Plastic bags are everywhere.  I'm not just talking abut the bags we get from retailers and grocery stores - I am also talking about bags for packing lunches; bags for packaging produce in the

Currently, here in America, everyone is talking about the flu - seasonal and swine flu.  Just this morning I was tracking down locations where I could get vaccinated against the flu.  Turns out, here in Northern California, there is a shortage on all flu vaccines, making them very difficult to obtain.  There's even an article in Washington Post about the abuse doctors have been t

At ConservingNow.com we are always inspired by our fans "green" actions in their daily lives.  I loved this article about how "green" previous generations were - and what a change in attitude the current generations are facing.  The author is right to note that in my generation we would have been horrified to bring lunches in used plastic yogurt containers.  S

This article from Bloomberg.com is just one more example of how and why banning plastic bags is good for the environment.  The article notes that China’s ban on plastic bags has reduced their oil consumption by 3 million metric tons of oil per year.