Plastic Bags: To Ban or Not to Ban?
Plastic shopping bags. They certainly serve a purpose. They are cheap and easy to produce and their light weight makes them ideal to keep shipping costs down. Reused, they make great liners for Read More …
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Student’s Corner
Big news! From a vote of 11-1 by the City Council, plastic grocery bags are now banned in Los Angeles. The ban would affect food stores, mini marts, and big Read More …
Fashion Runway Show – November 15, 7-9 pm
Recycle the Runway: A Sustainable Fashion Show as a way to raise awareness about America Recycles Day. Last year’s show consisted of recycled outfits made from plastic bags, CDs and Read More …
Getting the Goods … Just the Goods: Purchasing without Packaging in a Shrink-wrapped World
Between cardboard boxes, plastic wrap, twist-ties, plastic bags, it is difficult to walk through modern super markets without seeing nearly every product for purchase encumbered by excessive packaging. In fact, Read More …
Bring Your Own Bags!
According to the EPA, 3,960,000 tons of plastic bags were produced in 2008, and about 90% of those were discarded; some of this plastic even makes its way to the Read More …