There is a great deal of effort on banning disposal plastic bags. I applaud and support those efforts. But each of us must also take responsibility for what we take out…that is, take out containers from restaurants are a large problem as well. WE control that to a degree. The attached articles outline both the […]
I don’t always agree with Jen Coffey…but on this point she is right. It is time to do away with plastic bags. The New Jersey Legislature has to do the right thing and move that ban forward. The plastic industry’s use of the pandemic as a means of stopping that legislation was reprehensible. As I […]
I am appalled at the industry making plastic bags….and getting local governments to allow single use bags on the premise that they are safer….As I asked in an earlier blog, how low can you go? Well, the answer is, that this industry can stoop to the Trump level and leverage fear…but fear based on what […]
The Times reported that some companies in Australia and some parts of the U.S. are using plastic, glass and waste toner as road material…Of course, we don’t know the actual impact of this material….does it leach chemicals that we don’t want in the water, etc….but of course, asphalt is hardly benign road material….. Make energy […]
IF, after viewing the video produced by these elementary students in Brick Township on the costs of plastic bags in recycling you are not moved to action, then, well, I don’t know what to say to you. Their video is concise, clear, and to the point. Why not get your towns to start a program […]