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12 days ago by Daiva Kacenauskaite

Eating green is very easy these days, especially in an urban environment. Most major grocery stores have organic food options, and there is an abundance of farmers’ markets in DC area as well. However, eating green is not enough – sure it’s a good first step and an investment into your health, but t ...

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13 days ago by Snehith Kumbla

Why do we still use plastic bags? Because a more convenient and attractive alternative has not yet caught our attention. For plastic bags Weight: As light as a feather Capacity: A light bag holds more weight than a bag of any other material. Reusable: A supermarket plastic bag is often reused for pa ...

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15 days ago by Frank J. Regan

Reducing our dependency on those ubiquitous plastic bags littering our roads, trails, up in the branches of our trees, down our drainpipes, across our lawns and just about everywhere is not just a good idea – it’s the law. Mostly, these laws pertain to large stores, but it’s a sign that times are a’ ...

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16 days ago by admin

Cary Ellis asked: – Going green all the way…every day… Green IS the new black. Go green. You can be cool in it, cute in it, hot and **** in it, sleek and stylish in it, considered attractive in it, a wo/man about town in it, it goes with everything. Going green. Going eco. Going now. There’s actuall ...

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17 days ago by kirsten

Does it bother you that so much of what we eat comes in plastic packaging? When we sorted through our trash a few weeks back, I was horrified to see the pile of non-recyclable packaging. Cereal and crackers are great culprits. Plastic packaging in a box. It’s too much. And then there are all those p ...

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19 days ago by spineydave

I think it is time to ban the plastic shopping bag. I’m not a green freak but I do my part. As I travel around the largest percentage of trash I see on the roadside, in the woods, and today on the beach are damn plastic shopping bags. The type they give you at convenience stores and everywhere else. ...

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24 days ago by Jennifer Chait

The People’s Weekly World reports that this week, the head of the United Nations Environment Program called for worldwide ban on plastic supermarket bags. Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director, notes that, “ Thin-film single-use plastic bags, which choke marine life, ...

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33 days ago by Brandon Fuller

The DC Council has voted to unanimously support the Anacostia River Clean-Up and Protection Act of 2009. Although an additional vote is necessary to move the bill to the Mayor for his signature, it looks inevitable that the legislation, and the plastic ban included therein, will be law very soon. Un ...

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38 days ago by Susan Davis

Will it be Back to plastic? For years now, we’ve been asked to “go green” and consider carrying our groceries home in a reusable cloth bag, instead of the cheap, plastic bags that the industry currently offers. Although some stores may still ask if you prefer “paper or plastic,” many markets don’t g ...

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39 days ago by admin

More and more people are now becoming health conscious and they are turning to organic loose leaf tea for its natural properties that are said to promote better health. Organic loose leaf tea or any other tea products are preferred by many because they contain less caffeine and the slightly astringe ...

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