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Think Outside The Bag

March 11th, 2011 in recycling bag alternate uses North Carolina

Everyone, it seems, is looking for ways to reuse what’s on hand.

Enter the simple plastic bag. Recycling your plastic bags is one way to give them a second chance. You can drop them off at a store that takes them back and viola! your plastic bags are repurposed into benches, patio decking, crates and flower pots.

And at home there are endless uses for plastic bags. Here are a ideas for reusing plastic bags that we've found from searching the Internet.

Think Outside The Bag

February 14th, 2011 in recycling texas bag alternate uses

Everyone, it seems, is looking for ways to reuse what’s on hand.

Enter the simple plastic bag. Recycling your plastic bags is one way to give them a second chance. You can drop them off at a store that takes them back and viola! your plastic bags are repurposed into benches, patio decking, crates and flower pots.

And at home there are endless uses for plastic bags. If you’ve got some great ideas — either educational or just plain fun — and know your way around a video camera, your winning entry could bag you some serious cash. (Pun intended.)

Talk about 'Gimme a second chance...

September 15th, 2011 in Kroger Target plastic bag recycling Green recycling

Kudos to Kroger and Target for rockin’ on their recycling programs.

Through Kroger’s Plastic Recycling Program, plastic bags, dry-cleaning bags and plastic shrink-wrap can be recycled in all stores. Plastic bags are collected and recycled into other products like plastic landscape bricks, plastic lumber and other plastic bags.

This program resulted in 26 million pounds of plastic being recycled from stores and distribution centers last year. This represents a 180 percent increase in plastic recycling since 2007!

Plastic Bag Recycling Program Adopted in Texas

February 16th, 2011 in environment Green A Bag's Life recycling plastic bag blog texas reuse reduce recycle

Recycling Today -- Several organizations in Texas have pooled their efforts to launch the “A Bag’s Life” plastic bag recycling awareness program in the Lone Star State.

According to a news release on the A Bag’s Life website (www.abagslife.com), Texas becomes the third state in the country to have adopted such a statewide plastic bag recycling program. Florida and Virginia also have begun promoting the plastic bag recycling program.

A Bag’s Life Launches at the Texas State Capitol

February 15th, 2011 in reuse plastic bags Green A Bag's Life recycling texas

(Austin, TX) – Feb. 15, 2010 – A statewide plastic bag recycling awareness campaign in Texas called
A Bag’s Life, which includes an interactive and educational website (www.abagslife.com/tx ), an app that
pinpoints nearly 1,800 drop-off sites by zip code and a make-your-own video contest, was launched today
at the Texas State Capitol. Representatives from the Texas General Land Office, the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, Keep Texas Beautiful, the Texas Department of Transportation, the State of Texas

Three OHS students win video contest

November 18th, 2010 in Green A Bag's Life recycling video contest Florida

By Amy KD Tobik (Seminole Chronicle) — Introducing ... the Baggins family.

They're perky and cheery and they're eager to welcome you into in their environmentally conscious home.

This husband-and-wife team doesn't let any used plastic bag go to waste - so to speak.

From the bulky front door wreath and window blinds to the sleek furniture slipcovers, every thin plastic bag that has ever entered the Baggins family home has been repurposed in this clever award-winning video.

DSC student wins state contest promoting recycling

October 20th, 2010 in plastic bags Green video contest florida recycling

DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL —

Using creative ways to encourage recycling won local college and high school students monetary prizes in a statewide competition.