I am responding to the news article in the April 26 issue of the Mountain Xpress titled “Singled Out: Asheville Considers Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags.” One way to get rid of all the plastic ...

Life involves making decisions. There is one decision that is easy to make and will help our planet. When you shop for groceries, use multi-use plastic bags. These are bags you can buy at the ...

Letter writers oppose switching to reusable grocery bags, advocate for accessory dwellings or attached apartments, and thank Rep. Bobby Scott for his support of hospital pricing transparency.

I’ve been putting my plastic bags in the Hannaford supermarket’s plastic bag bin for years. I was recently told that it’s all just public relations – that the plastic is just put in a ...

East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 28, 2024. Skip to content. All ... which aims to strengthen our state’s plastic bag ban by prohibiting reusable bags made from plastic film at ...

These bags will also go bad in time and could take many more years to decompose than the simple plastic bag. But, hey, they are reusable. To use the term “one-time use” for the average plastic ...

Let’s ban ALL single-use plastic bags, such as grocery bags. But, all of the following “Single Use” plastics are OK. They can be just tossed aside or can be used to fill up our landfills.

Does this bug anyone but me? Those of us who care about the health of the planet we are leaving our children and grandchildren rejoiced in October 2021 when the ...