Holland & Barrett Bans Plastic Bags | Project GreenBag® Eco-Friendly Bags Made in California. Holland & Barrett health food stores are introducing a total ban on plastic bags from 1 January and calling for a tax on disposable carriers to encourage other retailers to do the same. As part of its green overhaul, the chain of 539 health stores is replacing plastic bags with paper, jute and cotton bags costing between 4p and 99p each. “Many retailers have introduced half measures such as charging for plastic bags, to encourage customers to shy away from using them. But no one has stepped up to the mark and banned plastic bags all together, until now. We’re the first major retailer to take this stand and I challenge the rest of the high street to follow us and move Britain a step closer to a total bag ban,” said chief executive Peter Aldis.
He pointed to the effects of an Irish government crackdown on plastic bags, with a bag tax on retailers there leading to a sharp drop in throwaway carrier use. Source: www.guardian.co.uk. Iguana Project – Stavoren, Netherlands. [Urban project] :: Energy Planning Knowledge Base. Introduction The Iguana project consists of eight show homes with one company house and presentation space. The original initiative came from Hendrik Gommer and Elsa Visser. When looking for an environmentally-friendly house in 1997 they kept drawing a blank. ‘Eco-friendly building’ did not mean much more than putting in a bit more insulation and a water-saving showerhead.
Objectives and target audience The Iguana project demonstrates affordable bio-ecological houses constructed with a fully-environmental approach. Financial Resources and Partners involved The total cost of the work was € 2,100,000 (including photovoltaic panels) contribution with LIFE amounted to € 91,497.
Process There is less environmental pollution from the use of renewable and/or recycled materials, while shape is important as well (e.g. orientation to the sun). Results The Iguana project has received considerable attention in the media. Critical Success Factors / Challenges. Zöldövezet társulás. Environment | Blog BNP Paribas | The bank for a changing world.