Comments on: Paper vs Plastic? Or Cotton vs Canvas? http://www.gagazine.com/paper-vs-plastic-or-cotton-vs-canvas/ Parenting Advice & Pregnancy Tips Website Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:21:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: juicyfruit http://www.gagazine.com/paper-vs-plastic-or-cotton-vs-canvas/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 juicyfruit Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:05:49 +0000 http://gagazine.com/paper-vs-plastic-or-cotton-vs-canvas/#comment-1021 I love the "yes, I forgot my bag" idea. I think those organic/natural stores such as Whole Foods should implement this idea since folks that go to these stores tend to be more Earth friendly. I am definitely seeing a lot more canvas bags for sale, even at our biggest wholesale stores such as Costco. It's great. The thing that I don't understand about some major corporations, who can probably afford to pay for a few recycling bins to be strategically placed through out the facility, is that they won't allow some of the cleaning crew keep the recyclables. See my blog: http://journals.gagazine.com/juicyfruit/corporate-america-and-recycling/ We celebrate Earth day, but they spend lots of money on printing out flyers and buying little knick knacks as gifts to their employees. Why not spend that money on recycling bins so we can put our soda cans and bottles in there? I just don't get it. I love the “yes, I forgot my bag” idea. I think those organic/natural stores such as Whole Foods should implement this idea since folks that go to these stores tend to be more Earth friendly.

I am definitely seeing a lot more canvas bags for sale, even at our biggest wholesale stores such as Costco. It’s great.

The thing that I don’t understand about some major corporations, who can probably afford to pay for a few recycling bins to be strategically placed through out the facility, is that they won’t allow some of the cleaning crew keep the recyclables. See my blog: http://journals.gagazine.com/juicyfruit/corporate-america-and-recycling/

We celebrate Earth day, but they spend lots of money on printing out flyers and buying little knick knacks as gifts to their employees. Why not spend that money on recycling bins so we can put our soda cans and bottles in there? I just don’t get it.

]]> By: Nadine http://www.gagazine.com/paper-vs-plastic-or-cotton-vs-canvas/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Nadine Sun, 04 May 2008 18:54:14 +0000 http://gagazine.com/paper-vs-plastic-or-cotton-vs-canvas/#comment-757 BYOB indeed. Here in Luxembourg (Europe) they made it practically mandatory: the government gave each household one reusable bag, and after that, any reusable bag is 80c or a non-reusable 3c (of course they're a lot smaller). This is in supermarkets, smaller shops don't have to charge for the plastic bags, which now are also distributed by the government and have an embarrassing message on them (sth like 'yes, I forgot my bag'). My mother (and I) were using the reusables before anyhow, but the government campaign worked: the number of people using the reusables has quadrupled. The richest nation in the world is extremely stingy and does not like paying 3c for something they used to get for free. Now non-reusables are the exception, it's typically someone going in for a few items. But anyone doing the weekly shop has the reusables with them. Well done government (for once)... BYOB indeed. Here in Luxembourg (Europe) they made it practically mandatory: the government gave each household one reusable bag, and after that, any reusable bag is 80c or a non-reusable 3c (of course they’re a lot smaller). This is in supermarkets, smaller shops don’t have to charge for the plastic bags, which now are also distributed by the government and have an embarrassing message on them (sth like ‘yes, I forgot my bag’).

My mother (and I) were using the reusables before anyhow, but the government campaign worked: the number of people using the reusables has quadrupled. The richest nation in the world is extremely stingy and does not like paying 3c for something they used to get for free. Now non-reusables are the exception, it’s typically someone going in for a few items. But anyone doing the weekly shop has the reusables with them.

Well done government (for once)…

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