Comments on: Whole Foods gives plastic bags the boot http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/environment/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/ Where economy and ecology meet the good life. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mbjesq http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/environment/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1389 mbjesq Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:12:45 +0000 http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/#comment-1389 Carrying cloth bags is an easy, principled thing we can all do. In India, plastic bags are an even bigger environmental disaster, because so many people are in the habit of throwing their trash wherever they happen to be standing at the moment. So it's pretty cool that a hot, young, Indian clothing designer has taken a fresh look at the cloth bag revolution by injecting high-fashion, ease-of-use, and distribution within the gift-economy. The story of her project, called <a href="http://memestreamblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/small-steps/" rel="nofollow"><em>Small Steps</em></a>, is utterly inspiring. Read about it <a href="http://memestreamblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/small-steps/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Carrying cloth bags is an easy, principled thing we can all do.

In India, plastic bags are an even bigger environmental disaster, because so many people are in the habit of throwing their trash wherever they happen to be standing at the moment. So it’s pretty cool that a hot, young, Indian clothing designer has taken a fresh look at the cloth bag revolution by injecting high-fashion, ease-of-use, and distribution within the gift-economy.

The story of her project, called Small Steps, is utterly inspiring. Read about it here.

]]> By: cheaplikeme http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/environment/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1391 cheaplikeme Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:21:04 +0000 http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/#comment-1391 Yes! China banned flimsy plastic bags, too, and requires a "clearly marked" charge for more durable bag. This article says that in doing so, China joined several other nations such as Bangladesh, South Africa and Uganda: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/china.plastic.bags/ Yes! China banned flimsy plastic bags, too, and requires a “clearly marked” charge for more durable bag. This article says that in doing so, China joined several other nations such as Bangladesh, South Africa and Uganda: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/china.plastic.bags/

]]> By: susie http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/environment/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 susie Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:13:02 +0000 http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/whole-foods-gives-plastic-bags-the-boot/#comment-1390 The city of San Francisco banned plastic bags (except the compostable kind) at large chains (supermarkets already in effect, and pharmacies coming later on this year), and I can't tell you how nice it is to get my groceries from Safeway in those great brown paper sacks with the handles. I wind up using 'em three or four more times before they get recycled. Still try to bring my own, but not even being offered plastic bags is so refreshing. The city of San Francisco banned plastic bags (except the compostable kind) at large chains (supermarkets already in effect, and pharmacies coming later on this year), and I can’t tell you how nice it is to get my groceries from Safeway in those great brown paper sacks with the handles. I wind up using ‘em three or four more times before they get recycled.

Still try to bring my own, but not even being offered plastic bags is so refreshing.

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