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Eco-friendly reusable bags, plus facts & news on plastic bag iss

Eco-friendly reusable bags, plus facts & news on plastic bag iss

Original Art Online - Buy Art, Sell Art, Original Oil Paintings, Features and Brands of Earth Friendly Shopping Bags and Reusable Bags By using earth friendly shopping bags, you can avoid putting even more trash into our landfills. Every year over 500 billion plastic shopping bags are used worldwide. The cost to retailers in the United States is over 4 billion dollars. All those plastic shopping bags aren’t really free; the cost is passed on to consumers through increased sales prices. Dangerous toxins are released through the production of these bags, resulting in global warming. Clearly, earth friendly reusable bags are a greener choice. Choices in Earth Friendly Shopping Bags Most stores now offer their own eco shopping bags, including mass retailers Walmart and Target. Envirosax makes designer reusable shopping bags in many beautiful prints. Envirosax also makes organic shopping bags from: organic cotton bamboo hemp linen The Organic Series bags run $19.95 – $24.95 each, while the polyester bags sell for around $8.95 each. Earth Friendly Shopping Bags and Other Accessories

Magnificent maps.. As mentioned a little while ago I am seeing maps and globes everywhere, and I must say this has seeded a slight addiction in my mind now.. Mimmill In this spirit I dusted off the old globe that was lurking in a corner of the kids' playroom and plonked it on the dresser in our dining room. via Country Horse Supplies So here is a post with some map and globe pics for you my dears. via Creature Comforts by Mikkel Vang Plan de Turgot on scrren by Jansen ca 1950. Butterfly maps via Imagesurgery via Nuevo Estilo via Apartment Therapy via onlyglobes.com by Steven Gambrel via Tumblr via Decor Pad Don't they look great so say..!? I am totally jealous of this lucky family who had a whole room devoted to maps and exploring - HERE. via Velvet and Linen xCharlotta

Never forget your reuseable bags again! | The BagReMinder Animal Friendly Shoes Neuaura Shoes Reusable Grocery Bags, Eco-Friendly Promotional Totebags, Lead Free, Green Recycle Bags untitled Why Use Reusable Shopping Bags There are countless reasons why you as an every day American should start to use reusable shopping bags. We have studied article after article, paper after paper, and blog after blog. Other than the fact that Reusethisbag.com makes the coolest reusable bags around, you are now on the cutting edge of a unique Grassroots movement that is sweeping the nation! Here are a few of our favorite facts in regards to why we are urging you to make the very important choice to put down your paper and plastic and protect your Earth today! FACT: The largest opposition to the ban of plastic bags comes from the petroleum and plastics industries and of course, consumers that don’t want to change their habits. FACT: Effective July 1, 2010. FACT: Ireland imposed a tax on plastic grocery bags in 2002, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban conventional plastic grocery bags, in 2007, and Los Angeles followed suit in 2010 FACT: plastic is the largest source of ocean litter.

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