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• GOOD Blog

  

  Bag Alternatives

  Per our videographic discussion of the problems with plastic (and paper) bags, here are some solutions for those who can't make the switch to...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Issue 006

  

  Dirt Bags

  Good news for literalists: Now Irish Americans (and anyone else who wants in) can always have a part of the Motherland with them.

  by Anastasia Pappas

• Environment

  

  Bagging Plastic

  Plastic bags are going out of style pretty fast.Los Angeles has just joined San Francisco, Israel, Melbourne, China, and most of the African...

  by Alexandra Marvar

• GOOD Blog

  

  Cool Rubber Bags

  Treehugger discovers some really cool bags made from recycled rubber. And you thought you were cool for having that canvas book bag. Think again!.

  by Anonymous

• Environment

  

  Bags to Riches

  If you got paid for it, would you remember to recycle? The paradigm-shifting RecycleBank thinks you might.

  by Ben Jervey

• Issue 009

  

  Project 009: Brown Bag It

    Chow believes that every bite you take is an opportunity for happiness. So why waste it on crap? The brown bag challenge is a collaboration...

  by GOOD

• Environment

  

  California Bans Plastic Bags

  Acting on what the Los Angeles Times describes as "a flurry of new bills," California lawmakers have voted to ban single-use plastic bags at...

  by Patrick James

• News

  

  Bagster: Dumpster in a Bag

  Bagster, the dumpster in a bag, presents a solution for big clean-ups that's aren't quite big enough for a dumpster.

  by Patrick James

• Environment

  

  Towing Water In "Medusa Bags"

  Australia's drying up, and to keep the continent hydrated, one Sydney-based company proposes towing water across the Tasman sea from New Zealand...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  The Peepoo Bag: A Biodegradable, Single-use Toilet

  Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, professor, and entrepreneur, has developed this thing called the Peepoo bag. It's a single-use toilet...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  The Compostable Chip Bag Is Out

  Hey, good news. That compostable SunChips bag we mentioned last May is out on shelves now. It's made from corn and will compost within 14 weeks in...

  by Andrew Price

• Culture

  

  Intermission: The Mesmerizing Inflation of Plastic Bags

  Nils Völker's grid of inflating and deflating plastic trash bags is mesmerizing. I don't know if this is the most beautiful thing I've ever...

  by Patrick James

• News

  

  Washington, D.C.'s Beautiful Bag Tax

  Washington D.C. instituted a 5-cent tax on disposable bags-both paper and plastic-on New Year's Day. Now, when you go to the grocery store in the...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  How to Politely Refuse a Plastic Bag

  This flyer by the fashion illustrator Julia Durgee offers tongue-in-cheek responses you can employ when a store clerk tries to give you a plastic...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• News

  

  Did D.C.'s Bag Tax Work?

  Yes, it did. The District's 5-cent bag tax generated about $150,000 during January to help clean up the Anacostia River, even though residents...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  Thinking Outside the Shoebox: Puma's "Clever Little Bag"

  Puma and Fuseproject, the design firm led by Yves Béhar, have managed to make big improvements to the humble shoebox. Cliff Kuang explains: The...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  Walmart Test Drives Plastic Bag Ban

  Nothing says all-American business like Walmart. It's the largest grocery retailer in the United States, the largest majority private employer,...

  by Sasha Jones

• Environment

  

  Entertaining an Argument Against the Plastic Bag Ban

  California is considering banning the single-use plastic bag from grocery stores (and adopting a 5-cent charge for paper bags). The legislation,...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  A Plastic Bag in Brownsville Will Cost You $1

  California couldn't pass that plastic bag ban we were expecting, but the city of Brownsville, Texas, is going ahead with a law that will charge...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  Deafening Compostable SunChips Bag Gets Pulled

  Last March, Frito-Lay introduced a compostable chip bag. Now it's being pulled. The unexpected problem? It was way too loud.

  by Andrew Price