Tag Archives: Plastic

Food without the baggage

Whether it is straws, coffee cups or candy wrappers, the trash we create adds up. The average American produces 4.4 pounds of waste each day, equating to 1,606 pounds a year, according to a 2013 Environmental Protection Agency report.  Rob Greenfield, environmental activist, illustrated this statistic by strapping every piece of trash he used onto his body and carrying it ... Read More »

Sustainable and Homemade Beauty Products

How many beauty products and personal hygiene items do you use every day? A personal care product use survey of 2,300 people, conducted by the Environmental Working Group and a coalition of public interest and environmental health organizations, shows that the average adult uses nine personal care products each day, with 126 unique chemical ingredients. In addition, more than a ... Read More »

Wisconsin Lawmakers Aim to “Ban the Ban” on Plastic Bags

Instead of furthering the movement to eliminate plastic bags from communities and businesses, Wisconsin law-makers are pushing a new bill that would make a world without plastic impossible. Senate Bill 601 would prohibit a community from regulating “containers” made of plastic, paper, cardboard, metal and glass. This would  halt the current anti-bag trend. The bill was approved by the state Assembly ... Read More »

Campus Club Seeks to Ban the Bag

The Stevens Point 350 club is seeking to make an impact in the community with an ambitious project to “Ban the Bag.” Numerous cities across America have implemented this project. Cailie Kafura, one of the leaders of the project, said, “The original idea was to have the city of Stevens Point pass an ordinance that would ban plastic bags from ... Read More »