So you’ve heard of plastic bag bans — or attempts — but now to save the planet, a local chain of organic food stores will stop selling plastic water bottles.

Inspired by the documentary Addicted to Plastic, which showcases the costs and benefits of our love for the influential material, grocer MOM’s Organic Market is reducing its plastic consumption.

Here’s what MOM’s says it is doing to make the change: Read the rest of this entry »

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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon kicked off Earth Day on Wednesday by announcing that the city has installed recycling bins around the Inner Harbor. Now, tourists and other promenaders will be able to sort their trash: general refuse will go into those weird, solar-powered compactor things, and recyclables will get their own special bin.

It can be really difficult to find a place to throw something away on the street, especially if you’re not on a main street or right downtown. The other day, I carried a piece of trash about 7 blocks down St. Paul Street while walking to work from Charles Village. There were trash cans on the other side of the street the whole way (my crossings were timed in a comically inopportune way).

And recycling something is generally out of the question unless you have access to a home or office.

According to the Department of Public Works, if these Inner Harbor bins are successful (AKA people don’t throw regular trash in them), they could start to pop up in Patterson Park.

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