Back to the Sack: No More Plastic Bags
30 BILLION plastic bags are added to the landfills each year in the United States alone. They are one of the worst environmental offenders. We are developing alternatives and working with legislators to eliminate plastic bags from New York City and create a template for mindful activists everywhere.
Q1: What would you need to be able to convince everyone around you to stop using plastic bags?
Idea Description
A relatively new invention, plastic bags are one of the worst environmental offenders, clogging waterways and preventing organic waste from being able to return to the earth where it belongs. From the petroleum involved in their manufacture, to the fuel costs of transporting them, to the destruction they wreak on the planet, it is clearly time for plastic bags to go. Our project is to work with community leaders, legislators, industries, and retailers to eliminate plastic bags and provide convenient, affordable, and environmentally sustainable alternatives. We are doing all of this through the lens of mindful, compassionate activism. More information about us is at www.TheIDProject.com.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
We believe in applying our efforts to where we can achieve the most leverage, and we feel strongly that educating youth about plastic bags and the environment is a great starting point. Once we win the $10,000, we will be in a position to begin creating and disseminating educational material in partnership with New York City Public Schools. We would also be able to move forward faster on creation and distribution of public service announcements to help people understand how to transition to a world without plastic bags. Some of the funding will also go to developing and manufacturing prototype alternatives.
Vote for it now.
I like your idea; I want to improve your odds of getting funding I will vote for your idea if you will vote for mine. My idea is for a web site that raises money for inventors and entrepreneurs called New Idea website Check out my idea blob submission and visit New Idea Website and see what I can do for you. http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/4060-NEW-IDEA-WEBSITE The need for jobs is one of the biggest problems that a democratic government faces because creating jobs is an unwanted byproduct of business and industry. The reason I say its unwanted is the more jobs a business creates the more its expenses are and the smaller it’s bottom-line. If business and industry have their way they would run their companies with no jobs at all no management or labor. To deal with this dilemma I pr…moreopose a federal venture capital carrot fund that literally pays entrepreneurs to create jobs. The investment bank would be expected invest in seed level startup projects like yours and to lose money at a specified dollar per jobs ratio for example during hard times that figure may be as high as $20,000 per job and good times the figure may be as low as five dollars per job, by controlling this ratio the fed could roughly control unemployment. The bank will be expected to fund novel products and services and stay away from things like restaurants that will simply draw jobs from other restaurants or moving factories from one part of the country to another. If you like this idea vote for it and send the congressional letter from the website. Sincerely Frank Scruggs