The District of Columbia law requiring a fee for disposable bags in food and liquor businesses is reducing the demand for thee bags, even if it irritates some locals.
No official reports yet, but shopkeepers report half the use of disposable bags — quite an accomplishment — per this January 23 article in the Washington [...]
Watching NHK World, the Japanese state broadcaster, in English tonight and a news segment noted Takuzo Aida of the University of Tokyo announcing a possible replacement for plastics made mostly of water, clay and organic materials. Potential uses include surgical implants.
New Scientist has details “Smart mud could be the new plastic“
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Today, NPR had a segment (“The Phone Book’s Days Appear Numbered”) about a California bill to make white page directories opt-in, the problems associated with their production and disposal and about the overall decline of the utility of phonebooks. (These are, of course, mostly paper — a valuable resource in its own right — but [...]
I’ve been thinking about reducing plastic use in the office which — after home — is the place it makes the most sense for me and for many others.
I want to point out the obvious: rubber bands are really handy. I use them to bundle papers, including files. I use them to cinch cables — [...]
There’s a touch of heresy floating around the double-edge-blade shaving web: you don’t really need lather to shave. It’s relevant here because double-edge blades can be had without plastic.
Heresy because some of the cachet to double-edge shaving is the equipment — the obvious, but also brushes, mugs, soap, lotions and mirrors — that makes it [...]
The District of Columbia’s shopping bag law begins today, and I’ve already been out to pick up a few necessities, cloth bags in tow.
Since I’ve heard some misinformation, I thought I would share some details about the new law.
The financial impact statement for the bill compares Washington, D.C. to Seattle, Washington, which went though a [...]
