June 23rd, 2008
I haven’t received a home newspaper delivery in a long time, but I do remember that newspapers started the nasty habit of always putting the goods in a plastic bag, rainy day or nay.
If you find yourself with a load of plastic bags from newspaper delivery, you can try a few things:
• Reuse them for […]
By Peggy -- 12 comments
June 10th, 2008
This is a tough question to crack, but one you may be wondering about if you’re considering buying some reusable bags for grocery and other shopping trips.
How many grocery bags?:
I used to have a bunch of odd shaped bags. Now I have eight that are exactly the same size; 12″ wide x 12.25″ tall […]
By Jennifer -- 2 comments
April 3rd, 2008
GreenBiz News has a cool story about plastic bags, or rather the cease and desist of plastic bag use by some companies.
Turns out that IKEA will be halting plastic bag use by October in their U.S. stores. Good news since plastic bags are one of the worst items ever in terms of recycling. People simply […]
By Jennifer -- 0 comments
March 20th, 2008
Many of us are welcoming spring today, so I thought it would be nice to go over some nature loving, tree hugging, eco-friendly ideas that will carry the entire family through the better part of spring and into summer.
1. Quit looking at nature through your frosty windows. It’s warming up, so get out there and […]
By Jennifer -- 15 comments
February 10th, 2008
Getting take-out from a restaurant is generally a very unfriendly thing for the planet. Unfortunately, there’s usually a lot of Styrofoam involved. And even if there’s no Styrofoam, there’s often lots of other packaging.
Restaurants in several cities like San Francisco are required to use recyclable, biodegradable or compostable containers instead of Styrofoam, but not my […]
By Peggy -- 5 comments
February 5th, 2008
Me actually - I don’t like plastic bags. However, if you’re going to have them why not recycle them into lovely flowers.
Learn how at one of the better new green blogs to appear last year - Keetsa. Can you imagine a recycled plastic bag wedding!
Tags: eco art, recycled art, recycled flowers, recycled plastic bags, recycling […]
By Jennifer -- 2 comments
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