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Jute is one of the most important natural fibres in the world and is a completely sustainable resource. It is a natural alternative to plastic and as the production process for jute bags is predominately manual, their carbon footprint is low. In addition, the crop is mainly rain-fed with little need for fertilisers or pesticides, so the water footprint is also low.  

Their shopping carts give them away. The plastic shoebox-sized containers, tiny toys, toothbrushes, school supplies and small, stuffed animals are sure signs of an Operation Christmas Child shopper. Golden Triangle stores have been filled with them.  

Effective January next year, all hypermarkets, supermarkets and minimarkets will have to comply with the 'No Plastic Monday' if they want to get their licences renewed. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said those applying for new licences will also have to abide by the ruling. He added, the state was aware that there were irresponsible supermarkets and minimarkets that had flouted the 'No Plastic Monday' ruling and had discreetly provided plastic bags to their customers.

According to the data provided by 45 supermarkets, hypermarkets and other retailers, it is estimated that Penangites had saved over one million plastic bags in four months.   -Lim Guan Eng

 

Like many students at Ganiard Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, Ashely Trost wasn't sure what a boa was. That didn't stop her and others on Friday from making the feathery neck garments from plastic bag strips and nylons. Bridget McCracken, a Mt. Pleasant native who along with her sister, Jessie, runs the San Francisco-based Trash Mash-Up, was on hand to encourage children to make crafts from things that are normally considered trash.  

The big 75 came and is going. I have now lived three fourths of a century and maybe that is why I'm always so tired. My cousin asked me what I did for my birthday.  

Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company. Lin, 50, says they are now hot items in Taiwan as well as markets from the United States to Europe, finding a niche with green-minded customers who have a fondness for novelty. Since the products were launched late last year, the firm has sold about 4,000 pairs of shoes made of recycled papers, Li  

"Runner!" somebody yells. A small boy wearing a white hairnet comes flying across the Parish Hall and slams down a full plastic bin. He gathers up three empty bins and disappears.  

Dallas, TX, November 21, 2009 --( PR.com )-- Travis Hollman, Portland native and President and co-founder of ViB Holdings LLC, is bringing his popular relaxation beverage Vacation in a Bottle to the Northwest in an agreement with Columbia Distributing. Columbia Distributing is one of the nation's largest malt beverage, wine and non-alcoholic distributors headquartered in Portland, OR. Vacation in a Bottle will be offered with their existing wine, beer, sodas, teas and water product lines.

I am happy to bring ViB to my hometown in Oregon. I am a proud Jesuit High School graduate and University of Portland alumni. We are expecting a great response from our Northwest consumers. Everyone who tries ViB, loves it!   -Travis Hollman

 

SOUTH WINDSOR — - For a second year, the youth ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Church has erected a "cardboard box city" in a field behind the church to raise awareness about homelessness and collect donations of nonperishable food and money to support area food pantries. Maryellen Brennan, the youth ministry's director, said 25 youths, mostly freshmen and sophomores from South Windsor High School and several from East Catholic High School in Manchester, spent Friday night sleeping in boxes, outside th