Plastic Ain't My Bag
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Paper or plastic? The answer is neither according to the Sierra Club website, which states that the difference between the two is negligible from an environmental perspective, compared with the third option: reusing bags.
According to Earthworks and the California Department of Conservation, if just 25 percent of American homes used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we'd save more than 2.5 billion bags a year. It takes 11 drums of oil to make one ton of plastic bags, which will then take a staggering 500 years to decompose. Meanwhile a study states reusable bags need only be used 11 times to have a lower environmental impact than using 11 disposable plastic bags.
In the UK non-profit group called We Are What We Do launched a massive Plastic Aint My Bag campaign, distributing thousands of slogan window decals to stores for display to encourage shoppers to refuse the environmentally unsound carriers. This prompted high-end handbag maven Anya Hindmarch to design her stylish Im not a plastic bag tote, which subsequently sold out on both sides of the Atlantic, and in stores around the world. If youre not the kind to wait in line, Daily Mantras MySpace buddies Be Smart Be Green have come up with their own selection of stylish cotton shopping bags. As an added bonus, the company will make a donation to Environment California for each reusable eco bag sold.
http://www.dailymantra.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantra
According to Earthworks and the California Department of Conservation, if just 25 percent of American homes used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we'd save more than 2.5 billion bags a year. It takes 11 drums of oil to make one ton of plastic bags, which will then take a staggering 500 years to decompose. Meanwhile a study states reusable bags need only be used 11 times to have a lower environmental impact than using 11 disposable plastic bags.
In the UK non-profit group called We Are What We Do launched a massive Plastic Aint My Bag campaign, distributing thousands of slogan window decals to stores for display to encourage shoppers to refuse the environmentally unsound carriers. This prompted high-end handbag maven Anya Hindmarch to design her stylish Im not a plastic bag tote, which subsequently sold out on both sides of the Atlantic, and in stores around the world. If youre not the kind to wait in line, Daily Mantras MySpace buddies Be Smart Be Green have come up with their own selection of stylish cotton shopping bags. As an added bonus, the company will make a donation to Environment California for each reusable eco bag sold.
http://www.dailymantra.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantra
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- AndreaKnoll
- 11 months ago
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