Archive for August, 2008
Free Cloth Reusable Bag Events in Phoenix
Friday, August 29th, 2008This Saturday, August 30th from 8 am to 12 noon , the City of Phoenix will be at two locations distributing recycling information and a limited supply of free reusable bags.
Food City 9020 W. Thomas Rd, Phoenix
Safeway 4857 E. Greenway Rd, Phoenix
Arizona Tax on Bags Trashed
Monday, August 25th, 2008As reported in The Kingman Daily Miner, a motion to explore imposing a tax on plastic bags distributed by local supermarkets was rescended by the Kingman Clean City Commission.
The decision was made after the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance and managers of local supermarkets presented to the commission updated statistics on the number of plastic bags [...]
City of Tempe Reusable Bag Event Saturday Aug 23rd
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008On Saturday August 23rd from 10 AM to 12 PM the City of Tempe will be distributing a limited supply of free reusable bags at two Safeway locations.
926 E. Broadway Road, Tempe
1515 E. Elliot Road, Tempe
Need a Cloth Reusable Bag?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Friday August 15th from 4 PM to 7 PM, the City of Phoenix will be at the Southwest Human Development Health Fair. Staff will be distributing recycling information and a limited supply of FREE reusable cloth bags. The health fair is located at The Creighton Christian Church 2131 East Thomas Road in the city of [...]
Reusable Bag Event @ AJ’s in Phoenix
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008This Saturday August 23rd from 1 PM to 4 PM, the City of Phoenix will have a recycling information table at AJ’s Fine Foods located at 4430 E. Camelback Rd in the city of Phoenix. Staff will be distributing recycling information and a limited supply of FREE REUSABLE CLOTH BAGS!
Recycle your plastic bags at AJ’s, [...]
ReJAVAnate - making a difference one bag at a time!
Monday, August 18th, 2008ReJAVAnate takes burlap from coffee roasters that would be otherwise sent to landfill, work with The ARC which serves individuals with developmental disabilities to hand make the bags, and sell them to individuals and organizations who want to make a statement about reducing paper and plastic bag consumption.
To learn more about these burlap reusable bags [...]
Bashas’ Family Stores Have a New Sustainability Brochure
Monday, August 18th, 2008Since the 1970’s Bashas’ Family Stores have placed intitiatives to reduce their impact on the environment. Click on the link below to take you to the pdf of their new sustainability brochure. (Adobe Acrobat is needed to view the brochure.)
bashas-sustainability-brochure
Global Awareness Day – Aug. 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Join us on Saturday August 16th at the Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ to learn how our actions affect the world around us. The day will be full of opportunities for people to educate themselves about the problems facing our planet, and what can be done to support a healthy planet. [...]
Safeway Reusable Bag Event This Saturday
Thursday, August 14th, 2008The City of Phoenix will host a recycling information table this Saturday August 16th from 8 AM to 12 Noon at Safeway, 18631 N. 19th Ave, Phoenix.
Recycling information will be distributed along with a limited supply of FREE REUSABLE CLOTH BAGS. Don’t forget to bring in your extra plastic bags to Bag Central Station, “Where [...]
Plastic Bags are 100-per-cent Recyclable
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Excellent post from Leader-Post
Plastic bags and the environment
Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008
The Canadian Plastics Industry Association appreciates the opportunity to ensure that decisions made about plastic shopping bags are made based on fact and good science, not erroneous information.
The writer of a recent Minus 20 article (”Go green with cloth bags”, Leader-Post, Aug. [...]