Dealing with Philadelphia’s Trash & Litter – City Councilors Views after 2012 Election: Philly.com (Phillip Lucas, Juliana Reyes, Natalie Popmpilio)
Source: Philly.com, link to pdf file
Keep America Beautiful Report on Litter & Littering: 2010
Litter Aspects – Water Pollution Aspects
- Trash Free Waters: The Urban-Coastal Connection: EPA Fact Sheet
- How Understanding the Metrics of Litter can Assist Solid Waste Professionals in a Time of Budget Constraints: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityThesis
Recycling Plastic Bags
- WA Center Cuts Plastic Film Recycling: Californians Against Waste, 8/8/13
- Plastic film recycling getting axed in Washington county: Waste & Recycling news, 8/8/13
- Plastic bag recycling: How are we doing?: Philly.com, 2/27/13
- Hilex-Poly Has Largest Plastic Bag Recycling Plant
Health Aspects
- Assessment of the Potential for Cross-contamination of Food Products by Reusable Shopping Bags: Food Protection Trends, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 508-513, August 2011, Volume 31, Issue 8
- Plastic Bag Ban Responsible For Spike In E. Coli Infections, Study Says: Huffington Post, San Francisco, 2/7/13
- Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness: Jonathan Klick, Joshua D. Wright, August 15, 2012
- Are bans on plastic bags making people sick? Not so fast.: Washington Post, Wonkblog, 2/10/13
- San Francisco DPH Response to Klick & Wright: Tomas J. Aragon, MD, DrPH, Health Officer,2/8/13
- Bacteria May Grow In Reusable Grocery Bags, But Don’t Fret: NPR, 6/25/10
Norovirus and Reusable Bags
Hyped reports:
- Reusable shopping bags may give consumers the ‘runs’ for their money: Daily Caller, 5/9/12
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EXPLOSIVE CDC OMISSION: NOROVIRUS SPREAD THROUGH REUSABLE GROCERY BAGS: Capital Confidential, 10/27/12
- Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag: Fox News, 5/10/12
Scientific reports:
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Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, 5/9/12
- In a first, Oregon scientific sleuths trace norovirus outbreak to reusable grocery bag: Oregon Live, 5/9/12