#greenback #biobased is that greenwashing or a real improvement? #plasticbags are officially banned in Canada

Ahem. I think we're still using them. We just aren't buying more. #PlasticBags #plastic

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/31/government-urged-to-repeat-success-of-plastic-bag-charge

Oh plastic bags, how so thin and light
We thought you were a necessary sight
Now you, too, must go
To protect the ebb and flow
We bid you farewell, not for spite

#plasticbags #nz #environment #protection #ode #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66083337

"Over the last five years, Aegean Rebreath's 300 volunteer divers have removed more than 28 tonnes of nets and hundreds of thousands of plastic bags from Greek waters."

#Greece #Fishing #Plastic #Plastics #PlasticBags #FishingNets #Pollution

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/12/volunteers-have-pulled-28-tonnes-of-ghost-nets-from-the-waters-around-this-greek-island

Your "Recycled" Grocery Bag Might Not Be
https://undark.org/2023/03/20/your-recycled-grocery-bag-might-not-have-been-recycled/ #undark #recycling #plasticbags #GroceryBags

#Legislation introduced by #Michigan State Senator Sue Shink would repeal the 2016 law that bars local governments from creating any ordinance either tax shoppers for purchasing "auxiliary containers," or banned the sale of them all together. The focus of the 2016 law was to keep localities from implementing bans on #plastic shopping bags.

https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/04/un-ban-a-ban-on-bans-michigan-may-reverse-course-on-plastic-bag-restrictions.html

#news #politics #singleuseplastic #environment #plasticbags

#PlasticBags Are Leaving Their Mark on the #Deep-Sea Floor
#Müllspuren are the latest sign of the #plastipocalypse.

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/plastic-bags-are-leaving-their-mark-on-the-deep-sea-floor/?omhide=true

Plastic bags that get dragged along the seafloor by deep-sea currents leave behind parallel lines like tire tracks, impacting the species living far below the surface.

#Plastic #PlasticPollution #Seafloor #PlasticBags #SeafloorLife #Impacts #Ocean #Sediment #Trails #Marine #Pollution #Philippines #PhilippineTrench

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/plastic-bags-are-leaving-their-mark-on-the-deep-sea-floor/

Anyone else think #PlasticBags should be priced at £5 with the option of buying a canvas tote bag for a pound so tossers who can't just *keep a fucking bag with them when they go out of the house* are priced out of being lazy and selfish once and for all? #Reuse #Recycle #ClimateCatastrophe #KeepItInTheGround #NoPlanetB #EthicalConsumption

"SINGAPORE: From Jul 3 this year, customers will have to fork out at least 5 cents for each plastic bag that they take from large supermarket operators.

Announcing the date in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 2), Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor said that about 400 - or two-thirds - of all supermarkets in Singapore will impose the charge, which applies to disposable carrier bags of all materials."

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/plastic-bag-charge-5-cents-start-july-3-large-supermarkets-3311766

#Singapore #Plastics #PlasticBags

The best reusable grocery bags to carry home your shopping | The Star https://bit.ly/3xxWUJL #SingleUsePlastic #ReusableBags #PlasticBags #Groceries #cdnpoli @cdnpoli

My epitaph: “He died while either trying to open or close a resealable plastic bag. We’re not exactly sure.”

#PlasticBags #Why

Sperm #whale washes up in #Hawaii filled with nets, #plasticbags and fishing line #rubbish #plastic
https://www.9news.com.au/world/marine-debris-contributed-to-death-of-sperm-whale-kauai-hawaii/330ee83e-1c8c-474a-83a1-01e2300c315e

@SussexGeoff It's £3 for delivery where I am, unless the order is over £40. And I've had as low as a 2:1 ratio of items to plastic bags before now.

#IcelandFoods #waste #PlasticBags #OnlineShopping

Walmart's plastic bag ban leaves some customers saddled with mounds of reusable bags | CBC News https://bit.ly/3Vimnk4 #PlasticBags #Walmart #SingleUsePlastic #PlasticBagBan #ReusableBags #cdnpoli @cdnpoli

Walmart's plastic bag ban leaves some customers saddled with mounds of reusable bags | CBC News https://bit.ly/3Vimnk4 #PlasticBags #Walmart #SingleUsePlastic #PlasticBagBan #ReusableBags #cdnpoli @cdnpoli

Colorado will end single use plastic bags and polystyrene packaging starting Jan 1, 2024. Wal-Mart will no longer provide single use plastic or paper bags at checkout on Jan 1, 2023.

https://kktv.com/2022/12/05/walmarts-colorado-will-stop-using-single-use-plastic-bags-jan-1-2023/

#plastic #plasticbags #singleuseplastic #ColoradoNews #GreenNews

The ban applies to single-use plastic drinking straws, cutlery, plates, drink stirrers and cotton bud sticks made from conventional, degradable, and compostable plastics. The ban also applies to food service items and drink containers made from expanded polystyrene.

People who need single-use plastic drinking straws due to a disability or for a medical need can still purchase and use these items.

More information: https://www.vic.gov.au/single-use-plastics

#AusPoI #SpringSt #VicPol #plastic #PlasticBags #PlasticPollution #PlasticsBan #environment

This California city asked where its recycling went. The answer wasn’t pretty. Palo Alto found that some 60% of its recyclables got shipped abroad, with little transparency as to their fate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/palo-alto-recycling-asia-garbage-waste-rcna58633
In Maryland less than 9% of plastic is recycled. Let's get some facts forward about #Recycling #plastic and options for citizens to #repurpose and #reuse plastic. And how about #banning #plasticbags please. It is just not that hard to bring your own bags to shop.

With plastic wrapping recycling currently suspended in 🇦🇺 we are now:
1. More carefully opening any incoming delivery wrapping to get a reusable bag out of it.
2. Washing and reusing incoming bags (esp. any with ziplocks) for shopping or food storage.
3. Compressing and storing the rest until there’s a new recycling scheme. We’re trying these vacuum bags from Bunnings which compress down to maybe 10-15% of the original volume.

@terrorforma #plasticrecycling #plasticbags