Posts Tagged ‘polyethylene’

Use a Plastic Bag, Get 5 Years in Jail

If you use a polyethylene bag in Delhi, India, you could get 5 years or face a 100,000 ruppe fine ($3000 U.S.). But that’s nothin’ compared to how long it takes those nasty bags to decompose.

Said J. K. Dadoo, Delhi’s top environment official,

We want people to understand that they will not get away with (using plastic bags). If they choose to defy the law repeatedly, then the court has the measures necessary to fit.

Eco-Effective Choices: Paper, Plastic, or Neither?

turtle, NO!: Image courtesy of The Ageturtle, NO!: Image courtesy of The AgeWhat would it take for you to revolt against every accepting a plastic bag from a store again? A sea animal choking on one? A landfill in 2500 filled with decomposed matter, and plastic? A a shortage of oil? Having to choose between the deodorant container or the bag to take it home in…? Well, two women in Colorado desire

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