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Austin may ban most plastic, paper bags

By Sarah Coppola

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Published: 6:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011

The City of Austin might enact one of the broadest bag bans in the nation and prohibit disposable paper and plastic bags at all checkout counters starting in January 2016.

In the meantime, starting in 2013, retailers could continue to offer thin, so-called single-use bags, but customers would have to pay 25 cents apiece for them, according to a draft of the ban. That three-year period would give the public and retailers time to prepare for the ban, city officials say.

More than two dozen U.S. cities have enacted bag bans since 2007. Most prohibit plastic only, or ban plastic and impose a fee on paper. Austin would be one of only a few U.S. cities to ban both, said Bob Gedert , director of Austin Resource Recovery, the city department that wrote the draft ban and handles trash collection and recycling [... read more...]

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this informative and funny documentary to find out if your life is too plastic!

Del Mar College – Friday, Dec. 2, 1-3 pm in Room 326 of the Coles Building. Campus map: http://www.delmar.edu/resources/maps/east.php

Corpus Christi Municipal Marina – Monday, Dec. 5 at 6 pm in the Boater’s Facility on the Lawrence St. T-Head. Map: http://corpuschristimarina.com/images/g65/facility%2Ejpg

Online: https://www.constellation.tv/film/72

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Today’s Ocean Junk Is Tomorrow’s Shampoo Bottle

By Michael Wursthorn

Someday your detergent, hand sanitizer or shampoo may arrive in a bottle with material from the  Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Household and personal care products company Method Products Inc., whose backers include Simon Equity Partners and San Francisco Equity Partners, plans to make bottles using plastic from the patch, which consists of two areas in the Pacific Ocean on either side of the Hawaiian Islands where small bits of plastic and other ocean debris can be found. [...read more...]

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If you haven’t had a chance to see ‘Bag It’ yet, we’re showing it again on September 21st in cooperation with the Student Environmental Action League (SEAL) of TAMU-CC. This is a “must-see” movie for anyone who is concerned about the effects of plastic trash in our waters and parks, and on our beaches.  After the movie, we’ll discuss what’s being done locally to address the problem.

6:00 PM on Wednesday, Sept. 21st in the Lonestar Ballroom of the University Center, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi