Comments on: Drowning in Plastic http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Unlikely Words » Plastic Bag Ban - Los Angeles http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-101730 Unlikely Words » Plastic Bag Ban - Los Angeles Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:48:27 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-101730 [...] We need to use less plastic. Plus the plastic bag advocacy group is called the “Save the Plastic Bag Coalition”, which, admit it, is a silly name. I don’t want any packaging manufacturers to go out of business, but I cheer on every plastic bag ban. Share this post with: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] We need to use less plastic. Plus the plastic bag advocacy group is called the “Save the Plastic Bag Coalition”, which, admit it, is a silly name. I don’t want any packaging manufacturers to go out of business, but I cheer on every plastic bag ban. Share this post with: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Unlikely Words » Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags - New York Times http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-101572 Unlikely Words » Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags - New York Times Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:51:03 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-101572 [...] I’ve written before about how plastic is messing things up. Ireland started taxing plastic bags in 2002, and now almost no one uses them. The entire country has just shifted their perception of reusable bags. JR and I stopped getting plastic bags after the previous article and we still end up with them once in a while, but really, we don’t even think about them anymore. Nice work, Ireland, maybe Boston will follow. Share this post with: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] I’ve written before about how plastic is messing things up. Ireland started taxing plastic bags in 2002, and now almost no one uses them. The entire country has just shifted their perception of reusable bags. JR and I stopped getting plastic bags after the previous article and we still end up with them once in a while, but really, we don’t even think about them anymore. Nice work, Ireland, maybe Boston will follow. Share this post with: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-6891 Rachel Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:23:17 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-6891 I can't believe how often I have wondered which was the better answer to the "paper or plastic?" question in the grocery store. Now that I know definitively, it seems so obvious. I feel so enlightened...when I'm not feeling doomed, environment-wise, that is. I can’t believe how often I have wondered which was the better answer to the “paper or plastic?” question in the grocery store. Now that I know definitively, it seems so obvious. I feel so enlightened…when I’m not feeling doomed, environment-wise, that is.

]]> By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-6164 matt Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:24:54 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/08/21/drowning-in-plastic/#comment-6164 Holy crap. OK, that's it. Plastic bags are banned in the Sparvey household. Holy crap.

OK, that’s it. Plastic bags are banned in the Sparvey household.

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