Other Post Carbon Institute Initiatives:
Banning Plastic Bags -- Resources?
Mon, 2008-03-03 15:16 — soultime
I'm trying to find some information about plastic bans both in the USA and abroad -- while I've found plenty of articles (and blogs that link to said articles), I haven't been able to find a resource that has cold, hard facts about where bags are banned, restricted, taxed, etc., and what the results have been, and the processes that led up to the restrictions, etc. So -- if anyone can post something along these lines, that would be just fantastic. Thanks so much!
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March 13th, 2008
New article on the issue
While this article doesn't have exactly the answers you're looking for, it does talk about the strategies that the industry uses to combat such measures. I also suspect the reporter might be able to help - her contact info is on the page there.
-laurel
March 3rd, 2008
Hi Soultime, Thanks for
Hi Soultime,
Thanks for posting. I'm trying to get Phyllis S. on here to answer some of your questions, as she's working on this issue locally.
In the meantime, check out these links:
Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance, San Francisco - commentary by Jan Lundberg at Culturechange.org:
http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&...
City of San Francisco, Dept. of the Environment:
sfgov.org/site/mainpages_index.asp?id=13868
Community Environmental Council, Santa Barbara:
communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/
DVD "Our Synthetic Sea" from Algalita Marine Research Foundation can be obtained via their website:
algalita.org
Campaign Against the Plastic Plague/Earth Resource Foundation:
earthresource.org
War on Plastic (Culture Change Letter #82):
culturechange.org/e-letter-plastics.html
Bisphenol-A, the endocrine disrupter in plastics you ingest, is exposed
in yet another new scientific report getting into the mainstream press:
"Study: Canned food has toxic chemical Pregnant women, infants at risk"
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nj.com/news/ledger
March 22nd, 2008
Plastic disaster breaks
Plastic disaster breaks through to mainstream
Written by Jan Lundberg
Culture Change Letter #180, March 22, 2008
Our country is at a pivotal point in public health policy as it relates to our petroleum lifestyle. The implications cover consumerism's dead(ly) end and the demise of cheap energy from fossil fuels.
Bisphenol-A is the basic component of hard plastics that include baby bottles, linings of food cans, sealants for jars and bottles, and other well-known products that modern people have become dependent on. After several years of news stories about scientific studies and a few legislative attempts to ban or regulate bisphenol-A and other poisonous plastics, a scandal has just emerged involving U.S. government favoritism for corporate perpetrators.
Plastics such as bisphenol-A cause breast cancer, testicular cancer, diabetes, obesity, and birth defects -- although the evidence is often argued to apply so far only to laboratory animals. Other common plastics posing great danger include phthalates (softeners) and PVC (for piping, flooring, containers, etc.). ..
http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1...
March 3rd, 2008
links
Thanks, David -- I'll check 'em out.
Tal
March 3rd, 2008
Re: plastic bags reduction
Hey David and Soultime,
Carbondale Economic Localization (http://cel.relocalize.net) in Colorado is also working on a ban plastic bags campaign.
check out http://www.relocalize.net/plastic_bags_project for info.
cheers,
shelby
March 3rd, 2008
plastic
Thanks, Shelby -- that's very helpful -- would be great to put that all together in a wiki somewhere...?
Tal
March 3rd, 2008
Bellingham Ban on Plastic Bags
Bellingham Ban on (Plastic) Bags
I think we should start or if it's already started, join in with that project here! SB could help promote it.
Lynnette
March 4th, 2008
bag ban
Hi Lynnette -- I think Phyllis is meeting with some folks on Weds -- I was trying to help her with a little research -- and haven't found a great resource yet. But there are lots of links collected around!
Tal