Eco friendly innovators Terra Cycle have a NEW1 bag out, this one is made with recycled plastic bags.

Terra Cycle fuses about 20 grocery shopping plastic bags together to come up with the Plastic Bags Bag. I think they are quite cute. I cant tell how sturdy they are, so i cant vouch for that. But they do look good, and they do good. There are so many plastic bags that circulate in shops, it is so terribly wasteful.

Terra Cycle clever as always re-uses and reclaims. The bag pictured above is not the Plastic Bags Bag, it is the Target Re-Tote.

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For most of us, recycling is as easy as being able to throw away used stuff such as cans or paper in the trash bin. But most countries today are also employing various measures to make sure that such practices as waste segregation to help the recycling and waste problem control process are met.

While we all know which materials can be recycled, our duties as concerned citizens sometimes tends to take a backseat. It is either we are doing it on purpose or are really lacking the understanding of what recycling really is. With the influx of Recycling police, a crackdown on erring people and the need to assist people who fail to realize what recycling does mean is a good way to help keep things in perspective.

With the launch of Manukau’s new recycling service this week the detectives have been going ahead of collection trucks checking recycling wheelie bins.

When they discover rubbish, plastic bags or anything else that can’t be recycled inside the wheelie bins, they slap a sticker on the bin so the truck doesn’t empty it.

They also leave a reminder about what can and can’t go in the recycling wheelie bins.

(Source) Stuff.co.Nz

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If you hear eco-friendly bags headlining the news today, chances are you would consider this post as duplicate of another post somewhere else. But this eco-friendly bag of goodies is something else, approached more of a green business for two women from Caversham, Lisa Dawson and Deborah Hutchings, who owns Roostlife.

They have a broad range of bags made from materials such as melinine, jute and polypropylene. These bags are actually imported from France and sold on www.notonthehighstreet.com as well as some fairs and shopping events in the area.

Though based in Caversham, the two are targeting Henley as a town where eco-friendly bags and other products are becoming more popular.

In the long term they also hope to design future bags themselves.

“Cutting down on plastic bags is something people feel strongly about in Henley, so it is definitely one of the more environmentally-aware areas,” said Deborah.

“We had a stand at the late night shopping event last Christmas and we had a lot of interest, so we hope to run a similar stand at this year’s Henley Show.

“We also enjoy the design side, so that is something we hope we can do ourselves in the future.”

(Source) Henley Standard

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Scheduled local events such as festivals or “fiestas” as they are referred to in places like the Philippines often signal a period of eating, celebrating and fun. But while many of us simply want to focus on the “fun” part, there are ways to hold them while at the same time preserving the eco-friendly practices we are hearing today.

Some people are used to using the normal plastics that often go as decorations or containers for food. But in places like this one in the Philippines, it only shows you can hold these festivals without leaving a trail of waste behind you after they are all over.

“Barangay Tambo is right in promoting the use of creative fiesta “arko” made of biodegradable materials in lieu of modern buntings made from thin plastic bags, packaging leftovers and product ads. We hope that other communities will follow the positive example of Barangay Tambo for the good of the people and the environment,” Calonzo added.

(Source) GMA News

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In London, retailer Marks and Spencers started charging customers for plastic bags. Students at nearby GodWin Junior High got a wind of this news, and wanted to join in on the local awareness.

Students at GodWin Junior High got together, and along with help from their music teacher, Jenny Beeching, they came up with a song in honor of doing away with bloody awful plastic bags. Coinciding with the new store policy at Marks and Spencer, to charge shoppers for the use of plastic bags.

Watch the video with the GodWin London students singing “The Plastic Bags Song“, hit the jump. They also partnered with We Are What We Do.

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If you live in a small town like me, then you already know it can be quite difficult to recycle. The resources for mass use are simply not in place. In my small town the closest recycler is almost 50 miles away. Yikes!

(the bins above NOT available in most small towns)

I believe this distance pretty much cancels out the environmental benefits of recycling. If one has to drive 45 minutes (or worse) to recycle doesn’t this invalidate the effort? Small towns really get the short shaft when it comes to recycling resources. Whereas bigger cities and towns such as Chicago (my hometown) residents are provided with blue bins for easy recycling and nearby recycling centers abound.

However there are things we small town folks can do to somewhat alleviate this recycling problem. We can still apply the other two R’s, Re-use and Reduce. Below is a list of things i re-use.

Things I Re-Use:

• Milk Containers (re-used as plant containers)
• Paper (use back side, cut into small squares and use as note paper, etc)
• Any and all Plastic Bags
• Pringles Cans (use as coin holders for the kids)
• Composting (the re-use of certain food products for outside soil)
• Old Tee’s (re-used as rags)
• list goes on and one

Another pet peeve of mine, if you will indulge me abit, is consumer packaging. It is completely out of control, i am amazed at times, at the sheer waste in certain procut packages. For example, my roommate likes to munch at KFC (nazi-chicken killers, if you ask me, explanation = i’m a vegetarian) and their packaging is insane. You get gobs of GIANT plastic containers for small food pieces, it is a ridiculous amount of waste. They could easily streamline this up and go with much smaller containers, and sans lids. Improved packaging alone would help SMALL TOWN RESIDENTS who may (or may not) be able to recycle, to curb waste locally.

Let me get back to my post. I see i went off on a tiny tangent there. I reuse alot of items and essentially re-purpose many of them.

Re-ducing and Re-using are but two ways small town residents can turn a negative into a positive. The negative being not many options for in town recycling, and easier access to recycling resources. I would like to open this topic up to you, with a reader question.

Reader Question

If you live in a small town, how do you practice the three R’s - recycle, reuse or reduce?

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You had to look, didn’t you? I warned you, as this is just ugly. Someone in the UK has decided to make a chair (more like a bean bag) out of plastic bags. Lots and lots of plastic bags. Read on below.

The premise is that instead of thrwoing out the plastic bags you get at grocery shops, you put them in this net, and once accumulated, you have yourself a chair, to sit in. From the looks of it, i would gather about a few hundred or so bags needed. The price for this eco friendly monstrosity is $150 bucks.

Source: [Coolest-Gagdets]

What do you think of the “plastic bags” chair? Please share your opinion below!

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Shoppers in Hong Kong Mall stand in lines overnite, cause a frenzy and scare shop owner into not opening the doors. Mess and panic ensues and folks are left NOT holding the bag, the popular “I’m not a Plastic Bag. Watch video for the bag madness.

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