Bag Ban at the ‘Bu

This just in from Heal the Bay:

The Malibu City Council voted unanimously Monday night to ban retailers from distributing single-use plastic shopping bags within city limits, joining dozens of other progressive cities that have recently moved to curb the proliferation of wasteful packaging.

Malibu’s ban is the most aggressive action to date on plastic bags by any Southland city, as it applies to all retailers, from grocery stores to small boutiques. It forbids the distribution of both plastic and
compostable carryout bags.

Grocery stores, food vendors, restaurants, pharmacies and city facilities have six months to comply with the ordinance. Smaller sized retailers have one year until the measure is operative. The City Council also directed staff to research imposing fees on paper bags, in a bid to drive consumer adoption of more sustainable reusable bags.

Caps are the New Butts!

As you know I ranted last week about the thoughtless slobs who throw their cigarette butts out of the windows of their moving cars and how this is a pet peeve of mine because these idiots don’t realize that eventually their littering butts will end up here at the beach where I live, work and play!

Well imagine my chagrin when I learned that bottle caps are quickly catching up, (and may surpass), cigarette butts as the no. 1 item found at the beach… Great, now I have to add another pet peeve to my list!

Believe it or not a large corporation is already stepping up and helping out with this new and fast-growing problem: Estee Lauder , the makers of Aveda hair care products, has announced they will accept used caps at their salons, and the caps will be melted down and made into new caps.

I think I need a haircut… better go through my recycling and fish out those bottle caps.