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Platic Bag Ban – Calabas, California

aaron cohen — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:51:19 +0000

"The bill -- which mirrors the Los Angeles County bill -- goes into effect July 1." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Los Angeles Plastic Bag Ban – Marshall County, Iowa (Unincorporated) Plastic Bag Ban – Fairfax, CA ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Tibet

aaron cohen — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:05:08 +0000

"China's two-year-old ban on ultra-thin plastic bags has arrived at the 'roof of the world'". ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Kadıköy, Turkey Plastic Bag Ban – New Delhi, India Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong ### Possibly related posts:

Concord, MA Bans Bottled Water

aaron cohen — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:14:11 +0000

This is somewhat related to plastic bag bans, right? I wonder how effective/adopted these will be across the country. "The ban, set to take effect in January, is part of a statewide push to reform bottle laws".

Via heyennovy

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Small Charges Lead To Big Results

aaron cohen — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:44:16 +0000

"When it goes from zero to even a very small charge, it can feel very bad," said Dan Ariely, an economics professor at Duke University. "It creates a very small financial burden but a very big emotional reaction."

That quote from an interesting article in The New Republic that talks about the success of the Washington, DC plastic bag tax. On 1/1, stores began charging shoppers a tax of a nickle per plastic bag and bag use has gone down 50%. The article then makes the connection to a carbon tax and how even a tiny fee is better than no fee because of reason Ariely states above.

The article also mentions a failed $0.20 bag tax in Seattle that potentially reached too high. Nickle bag tax for everyone!

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Plastic Bag Ban – Kadıköy, Turkey

aaron cohen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:47:48 +0000

"One of Istanbul’s most populated and cosmopolitan districts, Kadıköy, imposed a ban last week on the use of plastic bags." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – New Delhi, India Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong Plastic Bag Ban – Marikina, The Philippines ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Brownsville, TX

aaron cohen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:49:49 +0000

"Brownsville officials are hoping a unanimously passed ban on plastic grocery bags will make the city the first in Texas to rid the landscape of the so-called “urban tumbleweeds.”" ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – New Delhi, India Plastic Bag Ban – Mexico City Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Nothern Territory, Australia

aaron cohen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:33:15 +0000

"Legislation will be passed next year banning the supply by retailers to customers of all lightweight single-use bags." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – South Australia Plastic Bag Ban – Sigatoka Town, Fiji Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Kauai, Hawaii

aaron cohen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:28:57 +0000

" The Kauai County Council voted 4-2 yesterday to ban plastic carryout bags." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – The Big Island, Hawaii Plastic Bag Ban FAIL – Big Island, Hawaii Plastic Bag Ban – Marine Corps Base Hawaii ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – San Jose, CA

aaron cohen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:06:43 +0000

"By a vote of 9-1, San Jose City Council members asked city staff to draw up an ordinance Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic and paper carry-out bags from the city’s retail establishments by Jan. 1, 2011." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Maui Plastic Bag Ban – Mexico City Plastic Bag Ban – New [...] ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bags Ban – Outer Banks, NC

aaron cohen — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:45:53 +0000

"The flimsy bags have turned into post-purchase tumbleweeds polluting the landscape of the Outer Banks, which relies on its landscape to attract tourists." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Brownsville, TX Plastic Bag Ban – Fairfax, CA Plastic Bag Ban – Greensboro, NC’s Deep Roots Market ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong

aaron cohen — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:45:05 +0000

"Yau said a recent opinion poll showed that over 90% of Hong Kong residents agreed with reducing the use of plastic bags and 80% said they would actively support the environmental levy scheme to handle the abuse of plastic bags." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – New Delhi, India Plastic Bag Ban – Kadıköy, Turkey [...] ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Marikina, The Philippines

aaron cohen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:03:08 +0000

"Instead of plastics, marketgoers are encouraged to use bayong or biodegradable bags." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong Plastic Bag Ban – Kadıköy, Turkey ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Berkeley Farmers’ Market

aaron cohen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:00:14 +0000

"Ben Feldman, program manager of the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, said that the move was in step with the markets’ zero-waste campaign which aims to reduce and recycle plastic materials and to recycle and compost all waste products generated at the markets."

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Plastic Bag Ban – Marshall County, Iowa (Unincorporated)

aaron cohen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:08:43 +0000

The ban applies only to 2 stores in unincorporated Marshall County, and not to any stores in the 13 cities of Marshall County. ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Palo Alto, CA Plastic Bag Ban – Kauai, Hawaii Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Mexico City

aaron cohen — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:45:59 +0000

"In a press statement Tuesday, the city legislature cited estimates that the average city resident uses 288 plastic bags per year." . ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – San Jose, CA Plastic Bag Ban – New Delhi, India Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Sigatoka Town, Fiji

aaron cohen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:59:59 +0000

"Mr Tuidraki added that some retailers in Sigatoka were already providing alternatives to customers, phasing out the use of plastic bags". ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Nothern Territory, Australia Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Palo Alto, CA

aaron cohen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:06:05 +0000

"Environmentalists are unhappy that the ban only applies to four supermarkets in Palo Alto and not pharmacies or convenience stores." ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Marshall County, Iowa (Unincorporated) Plastic Bag Ban – Los Angeles Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Fort McMurray, Edmonton

aaron cohen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:11:32 +0000

"I think it’s something that could potentially be a tipping point for other cities, like Calgary or Vancouver, who can now point to Fort McMurray and say, ‘Well, they’re doing it up there, so maybe we should really go ahead in this direction as well.’"

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Plastic Bag Ban – Marine Corps Base Hawaii

aaron cohen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:42:24 +0000

"The move away from plastic is part of a directive from Col. Robert Rice." This is pretty neat. ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Kauai, Hawaii Plastic Bag Ban FAIL – Big Island, Hawaii Plastic Bag Ban – Berkeley Farmers’ Market ### Possibly related posts:

Plastic Bag Ban – Kirkintilloch, Scotland

aaron cohen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:17:49 +0000

Sort of, retailers are being encouraged to ban bags instead of being required to do so. ###Possibly related posts:Plastic Bag Ban – Marikina, The Philippines Plastic Bag Ban – Sigatoka Town, Fiji Plastic Bag Ban – Nothern Territory, Australia ### Possibly related posts: