China announced this week that production and use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail shops will be banned beginning June 1. Chinese citizens use as many as 3 billion plastic bags a day. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Crochet a handbag from those outdated plastic bags! Refers to AutumnLotus's posting here.

Learn how to make "yarn" from bags here. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

SOME 20,000 designer bags bearing the slogan "I'm not a plastic bag" sold out within an hour of going on sale at British supermarket chain Sainsbury's. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

This is a site dedicated to milk bags. Canadian milk bags to be more precise. (Dairy milk - not to be confused with breast milk which also come in bags.) Canada is not the only place to have milk bags (You can check that out in the misc. section). However, this site will mainly consist of them, which makes sense since I live in Canada. So don’t go thinking I’m a milk bag racist. picked by 2longdogs 2 years ago

Is Big Plastic is out to get me? Will my story be told on 60 Minutes? Cashiers who cannot understand the concept of not wanting to use plastic and finding bags in mailboxes. It makes a guy wonder. picked by sbcea 2 years ago

The Canadian Plastic Industry Association (likely feeling reduced sales due to the popularity of reusable cloth bags) says that reusable bags are a public health risk. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a lan... read full post picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

City Commissioner Sam Adams is pushing a plan to impose a fee on grocery bags. Paper or plastic.
Adams, who hopes to have the fee in place before he takes over as mayor next year, said he has yet to decide how much to charge. But he's discussing that the City Council vote for a fee ranging anywhere from a nickel to 20 cents per bag. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A study has found plastic in the stomach contents of an alarming number of dead turtles, suggesting the extent of plastic pollution in the oceans. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Officials are discontinuing the use of trash bags featuring the county's logo -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s face -- after deeming them innapropriate. The move opens a window into the tricky decisions the county has to make more than two years after becoming the first government to adopt King's face as an emblem. picked by suebe 1 year ago

TRASH:anycoloryoulike hits the streets of the big Apple. The eco-friendly bags decompose in one to seven years and certainly brighten up garbage collection day. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Patients are demanding better results from their plastic surgeons and looking for doctors to perform revision plastic surgery. picked by KEROberos32 2 years ago

A green tree frog bit off more than he could chew when he swallowed a large sheet of scrunched plastic cling wrap in a Territory backyard.

Vets at the Ark Animal Hospital were last night gobsmacked and waiting in anticipation to see if the hungry croaker could pass the rubbish through his system naturally. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Time has been studied by philosophers and scientists for 2,500 years. Astronomer Carl Sagan had it right when he said that time is “resistant to simple definition.” Lots of us think we know what time is, but it is hard to define. You can not literally see or touch time, but you can see its effects. The evidence that we are moving through time is found in everything – our bodies a... read full post picked by kakana 4 months ago

Drink from plastic bottles can raise the body’s levels of a controversial ‘gender-bending’ chemical by more than two thirds, according to tests. Experts have been concerned about the possible health effects of bisphenol A (BPA) - an everyday chemical used in many plastic food and drink containers and tins as well as clear baby bottles - which is officially classified as toxic in... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Newborn babies in Japan who can't make it round to visit all their relatives can now send them proxies instead - cuddly bags of rice. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

So she had them lifted, adored the results, and became so fascinated with cosmetic surgery that her next two husbands were plastic surgeons. picked by kirbykirst 2 years ago

A woman with an inoperable brain tumour is spending £40,000 on plastic surgery – so she can die looking like movie star Demi Moore. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

John Manley complained of fatigue, coughing fits and pneumonia spells and now, after two years of agony, doctors at Duke University Hospital believe a small piece of plastic is to blame. Manley, 50, apparently inhaled the 1-inch plastic fragment while eating at a Wendy's restaurant. The Wendy's logo can still be seen on the side of the plastic. picked by TraumaMamma 2 months ago

U.S. scientists have developed a technology to produce inexpensive solar cells that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago