BP Dumping Plastic Bags Filled With Oil In Landfill [Video]

What’s worst than a plastic bag in the landfill? A plastic bag filled with oil dumped in a landfill! Oil waste that is scraped off coastal beaches is winding up in nearby landfills — and local officials and residents aren’t happy. “We’re tired of being dumped on,” one Mississippi [...] Continue Reading…

Project GreenBags Are 100% Made In The USA

This fourth of July, Project GreenBag would like to thank our American workers who create our beautiful eco-friendly bags. They are a vital part of our organization and we love you (big hugs!)

The decision to spend an extra buck at checkout maybe tough in these economic times. But what [...] Continue Reading…

Recycling Plastics: Not Easy As You May Think [Video]

“Addicted to Plastic” Coming To Sundance Channel

Cable TV’s Sundance Channel is airing “Addicted to Plastic,” a documentary by Ian Connacher. Sundance describes it as “an international odyssey revealing the disturbing long-term effects of the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented.From styrofoam cups to artificial organs, plastics are perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material [...] Continue Reading…

Boat Made From Plastic Soda Bottles [Video]

Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a journey of 11,000 miles (17,700 km) through treacherous seas.

You’d have to be crazy, or trying to make a point. David de Rothschild is trying to [...] Continue Reading…

California To Ban Plastic Bags!

The Assembly approved a bill today that would ban single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience stores and liquor stores.

AB 1998, which would take effect for some stores as soon as January 2012, bans single-use plastic bags in hopes that consumers bring or buy their own reusable bags. Stores [...] Continue Reading…

No Plastic Day & World Ocean Day

No Plastic Day is a world wide event intended to bring awareness of the over consumption of disposable plastic goods such as plastic bags and bottles. It is well known that there are floating islands of trash in most of the world’s oceans. The huge amounts of plastic trash [...] Continue Reading…

Project GreenBag Gives Free “We Welcome Reusable Bags” Stickers To Retailers

A change is coming, the way we shop is changing and Project GreenBag is here to help. Starting today, any retailer with a physical store can get free of charge, even postage, a *free “We Welcome Reusable Bags” sticker! [...] Continue Reading…

Plastic Company Profiting From Oil Spill

Business is great at Kepner Plastics Fabricators Inc., a Torrance, Calif., company that makes booms that help to contain oil spills. The company’s Meryl Lee told Rob Schmitz of American Public Media’s “Marketplace” program that Keper is “ordering lots of extra materials and talking about putting a second shift [...] Continue Reading…

Wyoming City Forbids Biodegradable Plastics In Its Compost

After you’re done crunching on Sun Chips, is it OK to toss the bag into the city-issued yard-waste bin? After all, its new bag is designed to quickly break down if placed in a “large, professionally managed” composting facility, according to the nonprofit Biodegradable Products Institute. Even though some snack bags are now biodegradable, they shouldn’t be placed into the yard-waste bins due to Cheyenne’s heavy winds [...] Continue Reading…