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New York follows the UK

by David Allen on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Normally it would be the other way around, the UK following what happens in the US, but it would seem that New York are following a craze that started in the small village of Modbury, they were the first place to ban plastic bags, although it seems that an all out ban is slightly over the top this trend has definitely begun to escalate into something very big indeed.

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The proposals that are going to be to be put down are that stores with over 5000 square feet will have to set up an in store recycling program and also sell reusable bags. It’s about that this spread a lot further than just a couple of cities (San Francisco was the first in the US) and the odd village in the UK!

Source [Hippy Shopper]


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  • I think it's great that everyone is so interested in reusbale bags. I never realized just how bad it is. I found out that hundreds of thousands of ocean wildlife are being killed each year from eating these plastic grocery bags. And we all know alot more negative affects.
    I would like to say that the reusable bags they are selling in the stores are not (in my mind) eco-friendly. They are made of polypropylene which is plastic! Yes, they are reusable and thats better than nothing. But they are still made of plstic that takes years to decompose, still emit toxins into the air and ground while being made and decomposing. They are cheap, but they are small, usually imported and badly made. I think if you really want to be eco-friendly you should use cotton, hemp, jute or something natural.

    We make 100% cotton reusable grocery/shopping bags, by hand here in the USA. They are high quality, will last for years and look alot better than those little pp bags. Check it out at www.thegreatbag.com
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