tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22059593791676287502009-12-17T22:54:53.192-08:00The Bag Monster Blog will keep you up to date on the reusable bag movement and related environmental news. The Bag Monster will post weekly updates on bag fees, bans, and general reduction efforts around the world.Bag Monsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239477845609320183sierra@chicobag.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205959379167628750.post-26126167298588483082009-12-16T16:02:00.000-08:002009-12-16T16:02:14.085-08:00

There are estimates that the United States goes through 30 billion single-use plastic and 10 billion single-use paper bags per year. Los Angeles County alone contributes 6 billion single-use plastic bags per year to that total. This Thursday, December 17th, Los Angeles County is hoping to change the behavior of Los Angeles shoppers for the sake of the environment. Tomorrow marks the third

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Here is some recent news on the reusable bag movement:  Fort McMurray has passed a single-use paper and plastic bag ban that will go into effect September 1, 2010. Read more Philadelphia Councilman, Frank DiCicco has not given up on eliminating plastic bag waste in the city. He proposed an ordinance this week that would require shops who offer plastic bags to also provide plastic bag recycling

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Fort McMurray residents have less than a year to kick their single-use bag habits.  Beginning September 1, 2010, single-use paper and plastic bags in Fort McMurray will no longer be an option. Shoppers will need to remember to bring reusable bags with them when making a purchase. On Tuesday, the council of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo unanimously voted to pass the Single-Use

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Here's the latest on the reusable bag movement:  Delaware has passed a law requiring stores with more than 7,000 square feet or chains with at least three stores of 3,000 retail square feet to sell reusable shopping bags and install recycling bins. Read more A plastic bag ban is now in effect for the community of Nain, in northern Labrador. The plastic bag ban was voted on in July and went into

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For residents of D.C., reusable bags may soon become staples not to be forgotten when making a purchase. With less than a month left until the bag fee in D.C. goes into effect, the District is helping out by donating over 112,000 reusable bags to seniors and low-income residents in the city. Council approved the bag fee in June, and beginning January 1, 2010, single use plastic and paper bags

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 Use the coupon code cyber6 to get 25% off on great products including ChicoBag™ brand reusable bags! Visit the following retailers for great savings. Today only! www.chicobag.com www.babylegs.com www.mobywrap.com www.katequinnorganics.com www.ramparooz.com www.rainorshinekids.com function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+

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Give the gift of reuse this holiday season! ChicoBag™ has made it easy with this how-to video with step by step instructions on wrapping your gifts with ChicoBag™ brand reusable bags. Wrapping presents with reusable bags provides a gift within a gift. Reusable bags are the perfect eco-friendly alternative to traditional gift bags and wrapping paper. According to the Clean Air Council, an

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News on the reusable bag movement has been coming in all week. Here's the latest: San Francisco, CA: Bag Monster made an appearance at Green Festival. Check out the pictures below! The Watsonville City Council has formed a subcommittee to evaluate a single-use bag ban in the city. Read more The plastic bag fee in Yellowknife, Canada will not begin until January 15, 2010. The fee was supposed to

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In case you need a reminder about why using reusable bags is so important, here are some startling facts about single-use plastic and paper bags. Single-Use Plastic Bags: First introduced in 1977 as an alternative to paper bags, plastic bags now account for 4 out of every 5 bags handed out at grocery stores.  Plastic bags are difficult to recycle for the same reasons they are convenient to use.

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On December 7th, over 230 people will win great green prizes, take action and enter to win today! Make history with us and be entered to win in the World's Biggest Green Sweepstakes! Once you sign up to win from hundreds of green prizes from your favorite companies, like ChicoBag, you will receive an email each week from non-profit partners like 1Sky and 350.org with a suggestion of an action

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A few updates on the reusable bag movement this week: Palo Alto may begin to charge for single-use paper bags by next year. Palo Alto recently banned single-use plastic bags from the city's seven grocers. Read More Holland & Barrett, a health and food chain with 539 stores banned plastic bags from their establishments beginning in the new year. This will reduce the number of plastic bags being

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Bag Monster® collections are often a result of the common excuse that people can't seem to remember their reusable bags when they go to the store. For some, reusable bags make it to the car, but are nowhere to be found when arriving at the checkout line because they have been forgotten in the trunk or back seat. You vow to remember them next time, but do you? According to the Environmental

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Lots of great news on the reusable bag movement this week. Here are the updates: By May 2011 at the latest, shoppers in Wales will be charged up to 15-pence each for single-use plastic bags. Read More South Australia's plastic bag ban has been extremely successful in its first six months. The ban took effect in May and research shows that nine out of ten shoppers and now taking reusable bags with

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In June, the Welsh Assembly asked for public opinion on instating a 15-pence bag fee in Wales. Yesterday, Environment Minister Jane Davidson confirmed that by May 2011 shoppers will be charged up to 15-pence each for single-use plastic bags. More details will be released early next year, but it is clear that the plan would require retailers to charge their customers for single-use bags and use

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There has been a lot of news on the reusable bag movement this week. Here's the latest: Santa Cruz County Supervisor, Mike Stone, has plans to make Santa Cruz County, CA paper and plastic bag free by Earth Day 2010. Read More Los Angeles county kicked off their "Got Your Bags" campaign on Thursday. The campaign is a public education and outreach effort to encourage California shoppers to use

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Bag Monster® at Bioneers! Bag Monster® made an appearance at the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael this year, but found that he didn't have much in common with the people there. He was astonished to see that there was not a single plastic bag in sight. Almost everyone there was using reusable bags from ChicoBag™. Bag Monster® was about ready to give up on this crowd of ChicoBag-loving Bioneers

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Single-use bag news has been rolling in all week.  Here are the updates: Florida officials discuss a statewide single-use bag ban. Read More Just in time for the holidays retailers are beginning to reward customers for bringing reusable bags. Target offers a 5-cent discount for every reusable bag you use and CVS will give you a $1 credit for every four trips that you bring your own bag. Read More

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This Saturday, October 24th marks the International Day of Climate Action and communities worldwide are preparing to do their part.   In case you hadn't heard, global warming is a real issue that  is wreaking havoc on the environment at a faster rate than ever before.  The amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere currently exceeds the "safe" amount. If the world continues to expel carbon

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Bag Monsters® may no longer be welcome in the state of Florida by 2015. Florida's Department of Environmental Protection has recommended a five year phase out program resulting in a single-use paper and plastic bag ban for the state of Florida. The environmental impact of single-use bags is devastating, and easily avoided. Plastic bags are an unsightly hazard to the environment. They end up in

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Co-chair's of the Athens-Clarke task force on recycling, Doug Lowry and Kelly Girtz, have recommended that a plastic bag fee be evaluated for Athens-Clarke County. The ten cent per bag fee would encourage residents to make a switch from single-use plastic bags to reusable bags. Three cents from the fee would become profit to retailers and seven cents would benefit county government. The task

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It was a busy week for plastic bag news - here are the highlights:Kaua'i County passed a single-use plastic bag ban to go into effect January 11, 2011 - Read More New Zealand's plastic bag fee has raised $50,000 and cut usage by 60 percent in just two months - Read MoreThe South Jersey Chapter of Surfrider Foundation urged Ocean City to ban single-use plastic bags - Read MoreFairbanks, Alaska

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After several delays and a few key revisions to the legislation, Kaua'i county Council voted 4-2 to ban single-use plastic bags on the island. This ban comes not long after Maui County passed a ban and is set to begin on the same day. Kaua'i is the second Hawaiian island to take a stand against the unnecessary waste and environmental damage resulting from single-use plastic bags. (Kauaiworld.com

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After only two months, the 5-cent per bag fee levied in the South Island has raised $50,000 and cut single-use plastic bag usage by 60 percent.The plastic bag fee, which went into effect on August 3, 2009 was intended to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags distributed in New Zealand. Many North Island supermarkets removed the 5-cent fee due to customer complaints, but the South Island is

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You asked, we delivered. We are excited to announce the release of our first three graphic collections. Each exclusive collection is comprised of four unique designs. Produced on the shoulder-style Vita™ bag using sophisticated sublimation techniques, these high-end bags offer unsurpassed graphic quality. All three collections combine sustainability with fashion to help the modern

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