Let us ban plastic bags
Target:
Everyone
To our targets (everyone): Legislators, businesses, and citizens of the world who are not aware of this overwhelming problem...
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They%u2019re doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They%u2019re doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Ireland%u2019s Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They%u2019re doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They%u2019re doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They%u2019re doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They%u2019re doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Ireland%u2019s Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They%u2019re doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They%u2019re doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
To our targets (everyone): Legislators, businesses, and citizens of the world who are not aware of this overwhelming problem...
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They%u2019re doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They%u2019re doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Ireland%u2019s Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They%u2019re doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They%u2019re doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They%u2019re doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They%u2019re doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Ireland%u2019s Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They%u2019re doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They%u2019re doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
To legislators, businesses, and citizens of the world who are unaware of this overwhelming problem......
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They are doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They are doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Irelands Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They are doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They are doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
In June 2006 United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean.
The world uses over 1.2 trillion plastic bags a year. That averages about 300 bags for each adult on the planet. That comes out to over one million bags being used per minute.
On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades.
Recently, a plastic bag was found floating in space by Nasa!
We call upon SM Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Rustans, Ayala Malls, Ever Gotesco, Isetann, Plaza Fair, Araneta Malls, Waltermart, and ALL other shopping malls and centers to safeguard the health of our citizens and to promote a healthier environment where solid waste management and flooding is not always a problem by offering a nationwide program to forever ban the use of plastic bags.
80% of pollution in seas come from land-based activities. Let us put a stop to the indiscriminate disposal of waste in general. Let us strengthen the capability of the State to protect the environment and at the same time make better use of the resources such as plastic packaging to deliver goods to our people.
Recently, a bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 for every plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara provides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from this proposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment."
In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains, have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish every year, he said. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but a plastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down by the environment," he said.
But instead of just taxing, why not just completely ban the use of plastic bags in major stores? Why not get to the root of the problem and prevent stores from giving out plastic bags to prevent people from throwing them away. P2.50 is disproportionate to the environmental and climate impacts of irresponsible plastic bag disposal.
They are doing it in China! From Sunday, June 1, 2008 and onwards, all Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China is trying to reduce the use of plastic bags in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. At least 1,300 tons of oil is consumed daily to produce the shopping bags for supermarkets alone. Retailers providing free plastic bags can be fined up to 10,000 Yuan (or $1,466).
They are doing it in Ireland! Ireland has been successful in dramatically reducing plastic bag pollution with the introduction of the plastic bag levy in March 2002. Irelands Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the EcoWaste Coalition reported that plastic bag per capita usage in the country dropped by over 90% from 328 bags to 21 when the levy took effect. Before the levy commenced, retail shops gave out more than 1.2 billion plastic bags free of charge to consumers or 328 bags per person per year.
They are doing it in San Francisco! The city's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation in March of 2007 to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in 6 months and large chain pharmacies in a year. The ordinanceis the first such law in any city in the United States and has been drawing global scrutiny. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. Compostable bags can be recycled in the city's green garbage bins and will make it more convenient for residents to recycle food scraps.
They are doing it in Los Angeles! The City of Angels will ban all plastic bags from retail stores by July 1, 2010. A new regulation was passed to this effect by the City Council. Los Angeles is the second largest American city after New York.
And where are we now in the Philippines? Although there have been steps made in addressing such a problem (H.B. 4134), but just how real is this solution? We have been cited as a country taking steps in addressing this problem, but are we REALLY addressing it? One only needs to look outside and see that this problem has not even been recognized by hundreds and thousands of our own citizens.
Let us show our support for the House Bill as well as our support for any other legislation that would tackle the problem head-on.
Sign this petition and be a part of the solution now!
We signed the "Let us ban plastic bags" petition!
# 489:
4:23 am PST, Mar 5,
Carlos Lopez, Puerto Rico
# 488:
11:50 am PST, Mar 2,
Deb Jones, Nevada
Shoppingbagsetc.com offers a nice variety of reusable shopping bags. Check them out and say no to plastic!
Shoppingbagsetc.com offers a nice variety of reusable shopping bags. Check them out and say no to plastic!
# 487:
7:39 am PST, Mar 2,
Yarisa Montes, Puerto Rico
# 486:
4:25 am PST, Mar 2,
Panti Line, Puerto Rico
# 485:
3:08 pm PST, Mar 1,
Cristina Lopez, Puerto Rico
# 484:
8:58 am PST, Mar 1,
Bryan Brunner, Puerto Rico
# 483:
7:35 am PST, Mar 1,
Florence Rodriguez, Puerto Rico
# 482:
6:24 am PST, Mar 1,
Yaritza Ortiz, Puerto Rico
# 481:
6:24 pm PST, Feb 28,
Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
# 480:
4:17 pm PST, Feb 20,
Fiona Yeung, Canada
WE DON'T NEED THEM. THEY'RE RUINING THE WORLD.
WE DON'T NEED THEM. THEY'RE RUINING THE WORLD.
# 479:
8:29 pm PST, Feb 9,
Juliana Dischke da Silveira, Brazil
To our targets(everyone): Legislators, businesses, and world citizens not yet aware of this overwhelming problem. Let us hear from you....
To our targets(everyone): Legislators, businesses, and world citizens not yet aware of this overwhelming problem. Let us hear from you....
# 478:
9:00 am PST, Feb 8,
Mary Crade, Colorado
It is hardly a sacrifice or burden to carry your own bag to the market. If more people were aware of the environmental impact of something seemongly so innocupus as plastic bags, I believe they would make this little change that collectively could have such a huge impact by reducing our consumption of petroleum, not filling our landfills with tons of nonbiodegradables and protecting our oceans and sealife. We need bold legislation and public awareness.
It is hardly a sacrifice or burden to carry your own bag to the market. If more people were aware of the environmental impact of something seemongly so innocupus as plastic bags, I believe they would make this little change that collectively could have such a huge impact by reducing our consumption of petroleum, not filling our landfills with tons of nonbiodegradables and protecting our oceans and sealife. We need bold legislation and public awareness.
# 477:
1:06 pm PST, Feb 5,
Alison Williams, Texas
using re usable bags is easy & more convenient...make the switch!
using re usable bags is easy & more convenient...make the switch!
# 476:
11:09 am PST, Feb 4,
Mervi Rantala, Finland
# 475:
10:29 pm PST, Feb 2,
Teresa Tennant, Washington
If Seattle's bag tax fails, we can still bring our re-usable bags.
If Seattle's bag tax fails, we can still bring our re-usable bags.
# 474:
5:34 pm PST, Jan 28,
Princess Golveque, Philippines
# 473:
9:00 am PST, Jan 28,
Will McCracken-Clerkin, Ohio
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# 472:
11:03 am PST, Jan 26,
Chadwick Jollymar De Guzman, Philippines
I'm just 15, and yet I know I can put an end to the threat that plastic is causing to our future. But I can't do this alone. We, the kids, need your help. Sign to this petition and stick to it by heart. Minimize plastic use until it's completely obliterated! :P
I'm just 15, and yet I know I can put an end to the threat that plastic is causing to our future. But I can't do this alone. We, the kids, need your help. Sign to this petition and stick to it by heart. Minimize plastic use until it's completely obliterated! :P
# 471:
5:07 am PST, Jan 18,
Name not displayed, New York
# 470:
9:44 pm PST, Jan 17,
Elinor Sedilla, Philippines
# 469:
8:28 pm PST, Jan 17,
Name not displayed, France
# 468:
3:05 pm PST, Jan 17,
Julia Tawyea', Pennsylvania
# 467:
1:43 pm PST, Jan 15,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 466:
1:14 pm PST, Jan 15,
Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
# 465:
6:11 pm PST, Dec 28,
Ann Foley, Illinois
# 464:
9:50 am PST, Dec 20,
Rayna Gibson, California
# 463:
8:01 am PST, Dec 15,
Lisa DeLucca-Dudman, New York
# 462:
3:53 pm PST, Dec 14,
Clea Johnson, Washington
Please help us give the next generation the best place possible to live.
Please help us give the next generation the best place possible to live.
# 461:
11:59 am PST, Dec 13,
Rene Tennant, California
Change is needed. Convenience should not be making the decision.
Change is needed. Convenience should not be making the decision.
# 460:
5:55 am PST, Dec 13,
Lina B, Arizona
I really wish my childrens world would be clean and beautiful like we have enjoied. there is no reason for it not to be. We need to irradicate what we can while we can to make life and our world better. There is enough against us with out adding our own polution to the mix. Cancers and other diseases are unacceptable. WE CAN DO BETTER!!!
I really wish my childrens world would be clean and beautiful like we have enjoied. there is no reason for it not to be. We need to irradicate what we can while we can to make life and our world better. There is enough against us with out adding our own polution to the mix. Cancers and other diseases are unacceptable. WE CAN DO BETTER!!!
# 459:
8:44 pm PST, Dec 12,
Phyllis Shaurette, Arizona
Plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down - please ban them ASAP
Plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down - please ban them ASAP
# 458:
5:40 pm PST, Dec 12,
Melissa Hughes, Arizona
# 457:
3:03 pm PST, Dec 12,
Tammy Caba, California
# 456:
9:34 pm PST, Dec 8,
Ana Green, Texas
# 455:
3:31 pm PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 454:
7:56 pm PST, Nov 24,
Lisa Sobel, California
NO More Plastic Bags. Have a tax on them! Then get rid of paper. If Ireland can do it so can we!
NO More Plastic Bags. Have a tax on them! Then get rid of paper. If Ireland can do it so can we!
# 453:
6:34 pm PST, Nov 24,
Name not displayed, Philippines
# 452:
1:18 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Philippines
# 451:
12:46 am PST, Nov 18,
Kahlil Abellana De Pio, United Arab Emirates
