July 27, 2008
· Categorized: Bags, Plastic, Uncategorized
I heard a commercial on the radio and visited the website… www.stopthebagtax.com. Check it out.
Basically, there’s a bill to tax consumers $0.25 for each plastic bag they get when they go grocery shopping. The commercial and website urge you to tell your legislator to oppose the bill. Mmmmmm yeah…. so… several things…
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September 22, 2007
· Categorized: Bottles, Plastic
Includes plastic one-gallon and half-gallon milk jugs.
Many families buy milk so often, these containers become an unavoidable regularly accumulating item. Unless we bring back the milkman, the most realistic and practical solution for most people is to just toss these in with the rest of your recyclables.
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September 15, 2007
· Categorized: Plastic
Includes manual toothbrushes.
Supposedly around 50 million pounds of toothbrushes end up in landfills every year (magical number commonly found around the internet). This supposedly is based on an estimate that each American replaces their toothbrush twice a year. Among all the wasteful habits and garbage we needlessly generate, I think toothbrushes should be low on the priority list. Pick your battles. Nonetheless…
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July 25, 2007
· Categorized: Bags, Plastic
Includes grocery bags, newspaper bags, and shopping bags.
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July 24, 2007
· Categorized: Bottles, Plastic
Includes plastic water bottles and soda bottles.
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