Bag Blog & News

America Recycles. Do You?
December 2nd, 2011 in America Recycles Day A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful plastic bags
A few weeks ago, I was walking into the Weis in West Manchester Township, behind an older gentleman. He was carrying a bag full of plastic bags, and I thought "How nice that he's recycling those." Weis has a white, cardboard box outside - next to the trash can - that's clearly marked "Recycle plastic bags."
- Read more about America Recycles. Do You?
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
December 2nd, 2011 in Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle plastic bag recycling
Today, KPB is launching "A Bag's Life," a campaign to promote the recycling of plastic bags and wrapping materials. This includes dry-cleaner bags, bread bags, newspaper bags. A rule of thumb: If it's soft plastic, it's okay. If it crackles when you crinkle it, no go.

During the city's deliberations over whether to tax or ban plastic bags from large stores, KPB more or less broke with other environmental groups in promoting plastic bag recycling instead.
- Read more about Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
A Bag's Life Launches in Pennsylvania
December 2nd, 2011 in
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley joined Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, partnering organizations and students from The Nativity School of Harrisburg to launch the "A Bag's Life" on America Recycles Day, November 15.

Speaking at the event (in order) were: Shannon Reiter, Keep PA Beautiful; Lt. Gov. Cawley, David McCorkle, PA Food Merchants Assn.; Robert Bylone, PA Recycling Markets Center.

http://bit.ly/sQN8LZ
- Read more about A Bag's Life Launches in Pennsylvania
Come See A Bag's Life at the Fair
October 4th, 2011 in Keep Virginia Beautiful Mil-tek Trex A Bag's Life plastic bag recycling reduce reuse recycle Green
Can you guess how many plastic bags are compressed into approximately a 3 x 3 brick? If you can, you could win a cool outdoor bench - made from recycled plastic bags - and donated to us by Virginia's very own Trex Company. Mil-tek, another Virginia company, baled the bags into the brick so we could bring you this fun contest.
- Read more about Come See A Bag's Life at the Fair
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!
- Read more about Talk about 'Gimme a second chance...
"Plastic Bag Forgiveness Day," June 25, Offers Hampton Roads Residents Second Chance to Recycle
June 10th, 2011 in A Bag's Life Keep Virginia Beautiful Hampton Roads Green reduce reuse recycle plastic bags
By Elizabeth Evans — James River Journal (June 6, 2011)

Guilty of throwing your plastic shopping bags out with the trash? Relax. HR Green is offering residents a second chance to do right by the environment when it hosts “Plastic Bag Forgiveness Day,” Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Peninsula Town Center in Hampton and Walmart at 7350 Tidewater Drive in Norfolk.
- Read more about "Plastic Bag Forgiveness Day," June 25, Offers Hampton Roads Residents Second Chance to Recycle
In Virginia, It's a Slam Dunk
May 26th, 2011 in A Bag's Life plastic bag reuse Keep Virginia Beautiful Earth Day 2011
The folks at Keep Virginia Beautiful win our “innovative use of plastic bags in a pinch” award. At the organization’s booth at Richmond’s Earth Day Festival, contestants were invited to step up and shoot a basket, plastic bag style.

“We basically set up a hoop, made a basketball out of plastic bags and asked for $1 donations for three shots,” said KVB’s Dawn Neher. “Winners walked away with a canvas Walmart bag.”
- Read more about In Virginia, It's a Slam Dunk
Earth Day 2011 at Florida's Capitol
May 26th, 2011 in DEP Easy as One florida A Bag's Life Earth Day 2011 at the Capitol
For the 10th year, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Environmental Education hosted Earth Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee. It was great for A Bag’s Life, which celebrated its one-year “birthday” at the event.

Area students who attended learned about our environment and some easy ways to protect it.

At the Easy As One station, students learned how to pack a waste-free lunch and other easy actions kids can take to protect air and water quality, conserve water and reduce waste.
- Read more about Earth Day 2011 at Florida's Capitol
A Bag's Life Celebrates 1st Birthday During Earth Day!
April 21st, 2011 in plastic bags Green florida Virginia texas North Carolina reduce recycle reuse A Bag's Life Celebrates Earth Day 2011
A Bag’s Life buttons will be haute couture before, during and after Earth Day 2011, as our friendly bag icon makes the rounds in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida, where yours truly will celebrate my one year birthday! Partners will be handing out A Bag’s Life magnets and tip cards too, in locations that include the following festivals and events:
- Read more about A Bag's Life Celebrates 1st Birthday During Earth Day!
Crystal Coast Earth Day Festival April 23
April 21st, 2011 in Earth Day plastic bags A Bag's Life North Carolina reduce recycle reuse
The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will host the second annual Crystal Coast Earth Day Festival April 23 at Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County.

The event will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the new Coastal Education and Visitor Center, 2300 East Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach. Admission and activities are free.
- Read more about Crystal Coast Earth Day Festival April 23

Bag Blog & News

Pages