Comments on: Norway To Push ‘Urgent’ Ban On Disposable Plastic

By: Andrea Hegland

Andrea Hegland — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:28:46 +0000

A step in the right direction. Just a few more ideas: require all products be sold in bulk with Consumer bringing reusable containers. No plastic packaging period. Just look at typical shampoo & conditioner aisles at the store. Anyone who does Beach litter pick up or elsewhere knows the problem is much broader than what is defined here. But all in all, I commend Norway.

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 07 May 2019 12:07:02 +0000

Okay, from this moment on I’m not using plastic knives or forks. Norway just
woke me up. And all the times I “forget” to bring my non-plastic shopping bag
into the grocery store, no more! the image of that whale just broke my heart.
Thank you for this news…… We just had a “dugnad” in the U.S. called “Green Up
Day.” I live in the state of Vermont, and we have the biggest turnout for this
community clean-up day of all 50 states. I saw my share of plastic thrown out
in streams, lakes and fields……

By: Gloria Benazic

Gloria Benazic — Tue, 07 May 2019 05:30:02 +0000

I’m not sure if things have changed in the grocery stores since 2015 but when I lived in Oslo in 2014 and 2015, I was surprised to see all the ‘double packaging’ in the fruit and vegetable sections. Instead of finding a section of loose apples or other produce, there were stiff plastic trays which held maybe 4 pieces which were then wrapped in plastic wraps. I would have been happier to pick up 4 pieces and put them into my carrier or had one small bag if I needed to weigh and mark the price before checkout. This packaging also filled my recycle bin very quickly as the plastic trays were difficult to break down. We aren’t any better in Canada but more stores are going away from packaging produce and several have started to provide brown paper bags, if needed, instead of plastic bags. Our checkout/cashier weighs the produce so it is okay to arrive there with loose produce which are then placed into your personal cloth shopping bags.