ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A grocery store that features thousands of products made entirely of discarded plastic opens to the public on Tuesday. The Plastic Bag Store is a custom-built public art installation and film experience designed to encourage visitors to think more about the enduring impact of single-use plastics. TheContinue Reading
TRANSCRIPTION: Cathy Shafran: This is 89 one WEMU. I’m Cathy Shafran. Right now, we’re talking about a store that’s part installation, part film, and all plastic bags. It’s all part of the University Musical Society’s No Safety Net program. And joining us to talk about it, the UMS president, MatthewContinue Reading
After a difficult 2020 and 2021, the senior living industry seemed to hit its stride in 2022. With occupancy on the rise and a demand wave on the horizon in the form of the baby boomers, 2023 is shaping up to be a crucial year for growth and evolution. ThatContinue Reading
Most Philadelphians, Greg Trainor noted, have little need to own hulking power tools used for woodworking. “But when we say it’s free, people show up and say, ‘Sure, I’ll take a radial arm saw and fit it into my row home,’” said Trainor, who runs the architectural salvage and reclaimedContinue Reading
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The same law firm that recently secured a $100 million settlement against Apple regarding its anticompetitive App Store policies is now representing France-based iOS developers for the same issues in a new antitrust lawsuit filed today in California federal court by Hagens Berman in association with Paris-basedContinue Reading
A demonstration trial including the participation of general consumers to verify the value of traceability in the recycling of plastic bottles ITOCHU Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Keita Ishii, President & COO; hereinafter “ITOCHU”), ITOCHU Plastics Inc. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Hidenori Hayashi, President & CEO; hereinafter “CIPS”), FamilyMart Co.,Continue Reading
VIRGINIA BEACH — With Wegmans announcing this week that plastic bags would no longer be available at its Virginia Beach location beginning July 1, regional environmental activists see an opportunity to spread the word about the harm plastic bags do to local waterways. Some are now lobbying Virginia Beach toContinue Reading
Not so long ago, Austin was the Texas capital of farmers’ markets, hippie soup peddlers, anarchist freegans, and grocery co-ops. They embodied the city’s prevalent anti-consumerist ethos: many Austinites once looked askance at big box stores and food sold in layer after layer of plastic. After all, Whole Foods, aContinue Reading
By Daniella Segura, Contributing writer Stephanie Cochrane was on vacation in Nepal when she decided she wanted to embrace sustainable living. The then-dental hygienist was backpacking through the Sagarmāthā Valley, in which the Nepalese side of Mt. Everest stands, in the fall of 2016 when she saw something she wouldContinue Reading
VERNON OGRODNEK For The Press Beginning May 4, going to the store is going to be a little different. No longer will you be able to roll into the grocery store empty handed and leave with a shopping cart full of plastic bags holding your week’s supplies. It’s the endContinue Reading
