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Not all reusable bags are created equal

August 31, 2016 by Carolyn Kraft 6 Comments

It turns out that some reusable bags aren’t reusable at all! How do I know this? Well, about a year and a half ago, my husband received a free reusable bag from his new healthcare provider. The bag contained very useful information, a free pen and bonus, you get to keep the bag. We added… [read more]

Filed Under: Consumer Alerts Tagged With: bad freebies, canvas bag, consumer beware, plastic bag, reusable bag, sometimes freebies aren't worth it

Avoid buying plastic this Easter

February 28, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Since Easter is just around the corner, all the Easter goodies are out on store shelves and next to the candy is a lot of plastic. Remember that plastic candy pooping snowman I wrote about after Christmas? Well, there’s also an Easter themed line of candy pooping critters. You can buy a yellow chick, a… [read more]

Filed Under: Consumer Alerts, Do Something, Earth musings, Ocean pollution Tagged With: action alert, marine debris, ocean trash, plastic, plastic pollution

One thing you can do for the oceans

January 13, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

In case anyone missed this last week, there is actually one simple thing you can do to help the oceans: Stop using face wash or body wash with plastic micro beads. Unilever made a big announcement last week that the company is phasing out the use of plastic micro beads in personal care products by… [read more]

Filed Under: Consumer Alerts Tagged With: marine debris, ocean trash, plastic, pollution

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