On August 31, 2010 the California Senate rejected AB 1998, a proposal to eliminate single use plastic bags. The ban, which passed the Assembly in June, would have eliminated single use plastic bags in grocery stores and pharmacies, starting in 2012 and in liquor and convenience stores in 2013. The proposal also included $2M in grants/loans for green businesses.
Why did this proposal fail? What do we learn? And how does this affect green packaging going forward?
Why the Ban … Read More
What does the term “green packaging” mean in the reusable bag marketplace? Here at ECOBAGS.com we evaluate bags & packaging materials based on the following parameters:
• Quality, durability, country of origin and third party certification for fair wage and fair labor standards.
• The chemical processes used to create the products.
• The degree to which the base materials for the bags are compostable, biodegradable or reusable.
It’s easy to see why market confusion exists about “green” products & … Read More
Eco-Bags Products, Inc. is one of the green pioneers, a company founded in 1989 to “clean up the planet one bag at a time.”™ Sharon Rowe started it with one bag, a cotton string mesh “fillet,” like the ones they use in Europe. Now ECOBAGS® is a legacy brand name and ECOBAGS.com is a top rated web site serving businesses, organizations and consumers.
How do ECOBAGS® products fit into the green packaging world? We often sell our ECOBAGS® brand products … Read More
Eco-Voila! Holiday Wrapping with a Re-Purpose
Let’s face it, I’m wrapping challenged. I love beautiful wrapping paper but I hate that it’s still not made from recycled paper and that it’s coated and can’t be recycled.
Each year, I drag out lightly-used, carefully stored wrapping paper from years past and then I don’t use it. What seemed perfectly good to re-use doesn’t look good in the light of this holiday season. Or, I try to use newspaper wrapping but somehow cartoons and bad news don’t really … Read More