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 ...

Letters: VTA structure | Plastic bags | EV conversion | Demand cease-fire Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Jan. 25, 2024 ...

I get stoked every time I see a discarded weed bag on the sidewalk. Okay yeah, litter is a bummer and the bags themselves aren’t great for the environment, but I can’t help it. Every time I ...

Letter: Shop with reusable bags, not single-use plastic Too many people rely on objects that are very harmful to the planet.

To the editor: It appears that the current City Commission is not old enough to remember why we went to plastics bags in the first place. It was to save the rain forest by not using so much paper ...

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 ...

No good reason to ban bags I agree with the opinion expressed in the Jan 2 Gazette editorial “Colorado’s feel-good bag ban takes effect.” And I quote: “Common sense has nothing to do with ...

Getting rid of plastic bags Paper bags are made from recycled paper, just as this newspaper, and they are biodegradable once you are through with them. I don’t understand why stores want to get ...

A reader who accumulated those thick, nonrecyclable plastic grocery bags found a place that could use them: her local food bank.

Letter From the Editor: Those government-imposed grocery bags are a likely food safety hazard By Dan Flynn on June 20, 2024 ...

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 ...

Letters for Dec. 21: Recycling single-use plastic bags is the answer, not reusable bags Letter writers oppose switching to reusable grocery bags, advocate for accessory dwellings or attached ...