Archive for the 'District of Columbia' Category

Art store run!

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Went by the Utrecht art supplies store. Loose pencil (also china markers and colored pencils, in lieu of markers), gum erasers, metal rulers, gummed paper tape and a wide variety of paper supplies — all without additional plastic or extra packaging.
Which is why I think of the art stores as good office supplies stores.

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Filtered tap water wins (just) in D.C. taste test

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

From the University of the District of Columbia:
“UDC Releases Bottled vs Tap Water Taste Test Results” (Green Living DC)

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Water, before the hurricane

Friday, August 26th, 2011

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 [...]

Lesson to learn about plastic bag laws

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Worth reading.
“How D.C. Beat the Plastic Bag Lobby” by Lauren Markoe. (OneEarth.org, November 11, 2010)

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D.C. water — tastes good (as bottled)

Monday, September 20th, 2010

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, [...]

Look, Mom, no bottles!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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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Bag bill seems to be doing its job

Monday, March 29th, 2010

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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Low plastic office: Hollinger boxes

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

D.C. bag law, one month on

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

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 [...]

Some more facts about the D.C. bag law

Friday, January 1st, 2010

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 [...]