<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Paper Bag Company News Blog</title><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/</link><description></description><copyright>Powered by: Forest Blog Copyright 2006 Host Forest</copyright><item><title>Paper bags or canvas bags?</title><description><![CDATA[If you are planning on getting some bags made, you will need to think  carefully about what you want to achieve with them. Paper bags and  canvas bags are two popular options. Is one better than the other or do  they have their own strengths and weaknesses?<br />]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=903</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=903</link><pubDate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:25:35 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaigners urge EU plastic bag ban</title><description><![CDATA[A number of environmental groups have asked the European Commission to  ban plastic bags. The request comes ahead of an EU consultation on  plastic waste, the results of which should be published in the next few  months.<br />]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=902</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=902</link><pubDate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:24:26 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Plastic bag pollution in UAE desert threatens camels</title><description><![CDATA[Those who need more proof that plastic bags are an unnecessary  environmental threat can look to recent evidence from the United Arab  Emirates. Speaking via Twitter, the UAE foreign minister, Zayed Al  Nahyan, has said that he wants to participate in a proposed desert  clean-up later in the month as plastic bags are threatening wildlife.]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=901</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=901</link><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:40:52 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheltenham tackles plastic bag pollution</title><description><![CDATA[We hear a lot about plastic bag bans around the world, but not so much  about them being enforced in this country. The UK government is strong  on advice but weak on action on this issue. However, various communities  have taken it upon themselves to address the problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=900</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=900</link><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:39:38 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Chico City Council asked to consider plastic bag ban</title><description><![CDATA[A sustainability task force has asked the Chico City Council to consider  a plastic bag ban, even though they haven&rsquo;t established the exact  details yet. If passed, the law would bring Chico into line with a  number of other cities in California which already have plastic bag bans  in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=899</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=899</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:39:54 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>State plastic bag ban proposed</title><description><![CDATA[In the US, Democratic lawmaker, Joe Fitzgibbon, has proposed a statewide  ban on plastic bags in Washington. There have been a large number of  cities and counties banning plastic bags, but so far there hasn&rsquo;t been a  statewide ban.]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=898</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=898</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:35:59 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Vegetable sellers go green in Vadodara</title><description><![CDATA[In Vadodara (formerly Baroda) in the state of Gujarat in India, those  selling vegetables have pledged to stop providing plastic bags for  customers following a meeting called by Vadodara Municipal Corporation  (VMC).]]></description><guid>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=897</guid><link>http://www.paperbagco.co.uk/News/default.asp?Display=897</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:38:21 0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
