From the University of the District of Columbia:
“UDC Releases Bottled vs Tap Water Taste Test Results” (Green Living DC)
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This photo, of any empty bottle water aisle in Washington, D.C. is a bit disappointing, if completely predictable.
My solution, based on more than a few times through a hurricane, is to keep a covered dutch oven full of water on the stove, the electric kettle full and a pitcher in the fridge. And I’ll doubt [...]
Worth reading.
“How D.C. Beat the Plastic Bag Lobby” by Lauren Markoe. (OneEarth.org, November 11, 2010)
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Good news today for D.C water. It’s often reviled for having poor quality and worse taste; indeed, I get kidded for bypassing the office filter for the tap. But in a blind taste test, the local tap just beat bottled water and many people have no opinion. (My thought, cold water will beat tepid water, [...]
Good D.C. news: MOM’s Organic, a small D.C.-based grocery chain is giving up on bottled water.
Details from the Washington Post, via Tapit.
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Three months on and the District of Columbia food bag fee is reducing demand for disposable plastic and paper food bags, per DCist today.
January receipts for the fee are in — $149,432.27. That means about three million bags were used rather than the 22.5 million thought to be used in the District any given month.
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A truly paperless office, even if desirable, is very hard to organize. Paper is just too useful a product and paper printed quickly becomes paper stored. There are many metal filing tools for those who want to avoid plastic, but these are often packed in plastic or are simply too large or unwieldy for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Surely someone will call the five-cent fee on disposable bags a Bagocolypse, but I think it’s a great policy for the environment and against waste. And it starts January 1.
Intrepid local affairs and government blogger David Alpert has written today about the policy and where free reusable bags may be had.
More about this topic later. [...]
