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July 7, 2010
Making The Case for Reusable Bags

At the opening-night party of the recent Southwestern Drycleaners Association (SDA) Cleaners Showcase (I go to the swankiest soirées), an official said he was going to give me one opportunity — and only one — to explain why he should use a reusable garment bag.

June 16, 2010
California Assembly Bans Free Single-Use Bags, Poly Bags Next?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Assembly passed a bill last week to ban all single-use bags from being handed out free of charge in the state’s supermarkets, drug stores, convenience stores and liquor stores. The measure now goes to the state’s Senate and then to the Governor. A spokesman for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he supports the bill.

January 18, 2010
Green Garmento Stars in Reusable-Bag Pilot Program

ENCINITAS, Calif. — The City of Encinitas, Calif., has introduced the first reusable drycleaning/laundry bag pilot program in the United States, using the Green Garmento bag to help eliminate the use of single-use plastic drycleaning bags.

As a part of the city’s second annual “Day Without A Bag,” more than 40 people took part in the pilot program, including city council members, commission members and city staff, each of whom received two Green Garmento reusable garment bags.

May 11, 2009
House Bill Seeks Bag Tax to Combat Pollution

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) introduced a bill last month that seeks to cut pollution by placing a 5-cent tax on single-use plastic bags from drycleaners, grocery stores and other retailers.

“Our environment is literally choking on plastic bags,” Moran said in a statement, noting that oceans and rivers are clogged with plastic wastes. “Equally disturbing, as these plastics break down, toxic chemicals are being released into the environment.”