Hallelujah! Starting Tuesday, October 22, Providence businesses can no longer offer single-use plastic bags to customers. From the ProJo: Some of the city’s larger retailers, like CVS and Stop & Shop, said they would eliminate the use of plastic bags in their stores on Tuesday and offer paper bags to customers at no charge. Stop …
[Hooray! It passed. Now to the Mayor’s desk.] What better way to honor Earth Day: The Providence City Council will vote one more, and final, time on the current plastic bag ban draft this Monday. From the good people at Zero Waste Providence, This is our last chance to let them know where we stand …
Did this really happen?! Last night the Providence City Council joined seven other Rhode Island communities in banning single-use plastic bags! Well done Providence City Council and THANK YOU! The ordinance was sponsored by City Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan who represents Ward 5, the Elmhurst, Mount Pleasant, and Manton neighborhoods. She should be remembered at the …
(3.15) This Thursday the Providence City Council will consider an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags, and it’s about time. Seven other Rhode Island communities have already instituted such bans and seem to be coping just fine. (ProJo 3.10.18) The movement to ban single-use plastic bags in Rhode Island is gaining ground with the capital city …
Once again the general assembly will consider a bill to phase out the use of plastic bags. If passed, the bill would require large-scale retailers to stop using plastic checkout bags by January 1, 2016; smaller retailers would have an additional year to comply with the new law. From RIPR, The bill’s sponsor, democratic representative …
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a ban on single-use plastic bags. Paper bags and reusable plastic bags will be available at checkout counters for a 10-cent fee intended to prod shoppers to remember their own reusable bags. The measure is intended to reduce the number of plastic bags that clog rivers, snag …
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(3.20) The Rhode Island House of Representatives Environment and Natural Resources Committee is hearing a bill that would ban plastic bags statewide. Tim Faulkner writes at ecoRI: For the second straight year, Rep. Maria Cimini, D-Providence, has sponsored the Plastic Waste Reduction Act, a bill that would ban retailers from offering most checkout plastic bags. …
The ‘Trash Tutorial’ column in the ProJo — written by Sarah Kite, director of recycling services at the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) — is archived at the the RIRRC website along with other relevant columns. In yesterday’s column, Kite took up the subject of plastic bags . . . and other plasticky things. …
“Rhode Islanders use about 525 million bags annually, or enough to circle the earth more than six and a half times.” This extraordinary statement — based on plastics industry figures — comes from a recent piece by Rowan Sharp over at ecoRI News. Since 2007, plastic bags have been banned in San Francisco and several …
On January 1, 2010, Washington, D.C. instated a 5¢ tax on plastic shopping bags. According to TreeHugger, within a month, plastic bag use had dropped from 22 million to 3 million per month, simultaneously generating $150,000 in revenue in the first month. The Washington Post reported, In its first assessment of how the new law …
Not original I know, but there you have it. Look people, this one is so easy, and we could all go around feeling so good about ourselves with such a tiny sacrifice. And why can’t we have a forward-thinking republican governor like Arnold Schwarzenegger who, according to several sources, is ready to sign into law …
Mayor Bloomberg’s public relations campaign to cut down on plastic bag use has not produced the desired results. So, according to The New York Times… … the carrots have been put away, and the stick is out: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called for charging shoppers 6 cents for every plastic bag needed at the …
Why can’t we be bold on this one? The continued production and use of plastic bags is no longer defensible — we can solve this problem decisively, or whizz it slowly down our leg. As reported yesterday, our legislators are considering four versions of the most protracted and piecemeal combinations of taxes and rebates imaginable, …
As reported in the New York Times, Ireland has virtually eliminated the hated plastic grocery bag by imposing a 33¢ tax on each one. The law prohibits grocers from absorbing the cost. Faster than anyone could have predicted people switched to the reusable totes. If you are looking for a way to feel smug about …