Please excuse any cross-postings. Dear Friends--Well, here is progress, especially considering the magnitude of the environment. Congratulations to the many people involved in putting this legislation together. I thought it was clever of the folks who crafted this recycling law to include that vendors must provide a source of reusable bags as part of the legislation. I wonder what a bagless New York City would be like? Much cleaner, among other things! Below is a forwarded post from the GreenYes list and the URL for an article from the NY Times. Enjoy! Take care. Tom
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/nyregion/10bags.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin ***************** Forwarded from the GreenYes Mailing List ****************** >From: "Kendall Christiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [GreenYes] Plastic Bag Recycling in NYC >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:23:33 -0500 > >Today, NYC's City Council will adopt the attached bill creating a plastic >shopping bag recycling system. [This] essentially requires stores of >5,000 SF or more to provide a visible container for customers to return >all types of film plastics (e.g., shopping bags, dry cleaning bags, etc.), >and creates reporting/accounting systems to track collections. Bill >negotiated with support from the Administration (i.e., Mayors Office), >manufacturers (Progressive Bag Affiliates, American Chemistry Council), >retailers (e.g., Whole Foods, Food Industry Alliance of NYS, etc.), >environmental groups (e.g., NRDC). Takes effect in six months. Plastic >bags must contain reuse/recycling message; reusable bags must be available >for convenient purchase. > >Can provide additional info, if interested. > >Kendall Christiansen >Gaia Strategies >151 Maple Street >Brooklyn, NY 11225 >o: 718.941.9535; cell: 917.359.0725 Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The World Commission on Environment and Development, Gro Harlem Brundtland Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 MY NOTE: Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as growth per se is not sustainable. And the term "sustainable" has to mean "for a very long time" (A. Bartlett). "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." Sioux proverb _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
