Chestertown, MD Goes Bag Free!!

Posted on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 12:58

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

Fall out from the vote in Seattle

Posted on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 10:45

The fall out from Tuesday's vote on Seattle's plastic bag tax continues.  Many articles cite the unfairness on lower income indivduals or the public mistrust of where the tax funds would go.  It will be interesting to continue to monitor this debate as more and more cities consider how to approach their plastic bag problems.  The following is a collection of articles from the New