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Stay in the know!
We've been sharing relevant news & facts
about wasteful consumption since 2003. From
plastic bags to bottled water to other
important consumption issues - it's all part
of our
mission to educate and inform.
In this issue:
- Seattle's model bag fee -
This August, residents finally get the chance to vote on
the 20-cent fee.
- No BPA - Six baby bottle manufacturers
just say 'no' to BPA.
- A plastic bag climbs a remote mountain -
Our founder captures plastic bag waste in Hawaii.
- The "Plastiki" sets sail -
A brave captain sets sail across the Pacific in a boat
made of plastic bottles.
- And more...
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Vincent Cobb -- Founder, ReusableBags.com
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OUR SCOOP: Plastic bag climbs remote mountain
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ReusableBags.com 4.02.09
Our founder, Vincent Cobb, films a plastic bag as it
climbs a remote location in Hawaii: the summit of
Mauna Kea, elevation 13,803 ft.
Another sign that even in paradise, plastic bags are
simply everywhere. Watch here...
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"Green" plastic bag fee to go before Seattle voters
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Seattle Post Intelligencer 3.30.09
Seattleites will get to decide whether they're willing to
pay a 20-cent-per-plastic bag "green" fee to help the
environment.
The City Council on Monday moved to put the question
before voters on the Aug. 18 ballot. Read more...
Our Take: After a lot of feet-dragging, Seattle
residents will finally vote on the bag fee, originally set
to take effect Jan 1 of this year. The plastics industry
was
successful in stalling it, but we hope they won't
ultimately derail it. At 20-cents, this bag fee targeting
both paper and plastic is a model for cities
everywhere to reduce consumption.
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Plastic-Bottle Boat Ready to Sail
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National Geographic 3.2009
Explorer, environmentalist, and British celebrity David
de Rothschild will set out on a 11,000-mile (17,703-
kilometer) journey across the Pacific Ocean at the end
of March-in a boat made of plastic bottles. Read
more...
Watch a
video about the "Plastiki" here...
Our Take: The "Plastiki" has set sail - bringing
awareness to the issue of out-of-control plastic bottle
consumption and offering us a glimpse into how at
least some of the 25 billion bottles trashed each year can
be reused.
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No BPA For Baby Bottles in U.S.
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The Washington Post 3.06.09
The six largest manufacturers of baby bottles will stop
selling bottles in the United States made with
bisphenol A, a controversial chemical widely used in
plastics but increasingly linked to a range of health
effects.
The manufacturers declared their intentions after
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal,
joined by the attorneys general in Connecticut and
New Jersey, wrote to the bottle makers and asked
them to voluntarily stop using the chemical. Read
more...
Our Take: It's about time bottle
manufacturers respond to pressure to stop
using BPA in their products. Congrats to the
Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey Attorney
Generals for demanding regulation of this harmful chemical - if the FDA's not
going to do it, someone has to.
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Palo Alto passes plastic shopping bag ban; lawsuit looms
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San Jose Mercury News 3.17.09
"Paper or reusable?" is the question Palo Alto
shoppers will face at grocery checkout counters
beginning in September.
The city council Monday night voted 7-1 to ban plastic
bags at supermarkets in hopes of reducing the
stream of harmful litter in local creeks and the San
Francisco Bay. Read more...
Our Take: Following in San Francisco's
footsteps, Palo Alto bans plastic bags at
supermarkets, effective Sep. 18. We like their
commitment to reducing consumption, however it's
fees - not bans - that are the best way to go.
Ireland's PlasTax reduced plastic bag consumption
by 90% in its first year alone.
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Wash. bill to ban BPA in baby bottles appears dead
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Seattle Post Intelligencer 3.30.09
Washington won't be the first state in the nation to ban
a controversial chemical from baby bottles and other
food and drink containers for children 3 and younger.
Read more...
Our Take: We applaud Washington for its
leadership
in trying to ban BPA at the state level. Too bad the bill
won't make it through the legislature. We hope the
FDA will make it federal law to ban BPA when it gives
the data a second look this year. (We aren't holding
our breath. Until then, our advice remains the same -
avoid the stuff.)
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on consumption/litter, and provides summaries
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world on the global push to reduce plastic
bag consumption.
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