Plastic Bag Ban

Plastic Bag Ban

Target:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Eliot Spitzer, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Plastic bags create toxins and global warming emissions throughout their entire life cycle - - from production to consumption and beyond. San Francisco has become the first city in North America to ban the usage of traditional plastic bags in grocery and drugstores. The bar has been raised in the race to save our planet and promote a cleaner and safer environment and it is now time for  New York to step up and jump on the band wagon.

Plastic bags create toxins and global warming emissions throughout their entire life cycle - - from production to consumption and beyond. San Francisco has become the first city in North America to ban the usage of traditional plastic bags in grocery and drugstores. The bar has been raised in the race to save our planet and promote a cleaner and safer environment and it is now time for  New York to step up and jump on the band wagon.
San Francisco has become the first city in North America to ban the usage of traditional plastic bags in grocery and drugstores. The bar has been raised in the race to save our planet and promote a cleaner and safer environment and it is now time for  New York to step up and jump on the band wagon. According to the 1989 Plastic Recycling Directory, Society of Plastics Industry, traditional plastic bags require 594 BTUs of energy to produce and are  made from petroleum and other natural gasses, both of which are non-renewable resources. Not only does this increase our dependency on foreign suppliers but is also leads to the devastation and expungement of ecosystems and habitats worldwide. Each year the US consumes more then 380 billion plastic bags, sacks, and wraps, making up more than 3/4th's of the 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags consumed worldwide every year. However, the devastation does not end at the factories; it continues on its way to the stores, into the consumer's trash bins and finally either swept away by the wind or comes to rest in a landfill for up to 500 to 1000 years until they finally decompose. After fulfilling their duties, these seemingly innocuous bags make their way to kill hundreds of thousands of sea turtles and other marine animals who have mistaken them for food. Bags lucky enough not to have been picked up by the wind rest out of mind for of hundreds years. But, it doesn't end there either. Bags do not just harmlessly biodegrade and disappear, instead they photodegrade, meaning that the sun eventually breaks them down into tiny toxic bits which contaminate the soil and waterways, ultimately getting into our food and drinking water. Plastic bags create toxins and global warming emissions throughout their entire life cycle - - from production to consumption and beyond. We, the people, are not asking solely as citizens of NY State, but more directly as inhabitants of this planet that serious action be taken in regard to the future of our earth and the world we live in. With New York being one of the most famous and influential cities in the world, we feel it is our responsibility to help lead the way in the fight against global warming and pave the way to a cleaner and safer planet. We are not simply asking, but rather demanding that we follow San Fransisco and ensure that the prohibition of plastic bags be implemented promptly and without fail. We would also like to thank you for hearing our concerns and hope that you will support us in our efforts.
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We signed the "Plastic Bag Ban" petition!
# 213:
10:50 am PST, Jan 11, Anu Kamath, Minnesota
Gladly will sign. I have a petition of my own for the city I live in. Hopefully this will become a nationwide ban because of scrupulous people like us. Please consider signing my petition also. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/ban-plastic-bags-in-minneapolis
# 212:
7:27 pm PST, Jan 10, Pelf-Nyok C., Malaysia
# 211:
12:25 pm PST, Jan 10, Name not displayed, Colorado
It's the least we can do!
# 210:
8:01 am PST, Jan 2, Bonnie Long, Colorado
# 208:
2:01 pm PST, Dec 20, Rawlins Parker, New York
# 207:
6:49 am PST, Dec 20, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 206:
5:21 pm PST, Dec 19, Phoeby Sheldan, Canada
It's so much easier to shop with canvas bags/knapsacks.
# 205:
10:59 am PST, Dec 17, Ines Seidel, Germany
# 204:
10:17 pm PST, Dec 16, Wisconsin Winter, California
# 203:
3:20 am PST, Dec 15, Klarabella Janssen, Netherlands
No more new Plastic Bags made but....recycle, make or take your own bags of bamboo/hennep/soy/maize
# 202:
6:44 pm PST, Dec 13, Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado
# 201:
3:49 pm PST, Dec 11, Jenny Sheng, California
# 200:
6:34 pm PST, Dec 10, Lori Bembanaste, Florida
BAN plastic bags! we don't need them, we just need to retrain people to stop being lazy and once they don't have those bags around they won't have a choice!
# 199:
9:43 am PST, Dec 6, Ethan Oringel, New York
Bringing canvas bags to shop is the EASIEST thing in the world to do. Even my mom is doing it now.
# 198:
1:35 am PST, Nov 29, Emmi Ollila, Finland
# 197:
11:50 pm PST, Nov 28, Name not displayed, New Zealand
# 196:
1:00 pm PST, Nov 28, Bethany Murphy, Oklahoma
# 195:
6:45 pm PST, Nov 27, Jenny Hossain, New York
# 194:
4:06 pm PST, Nov 27, Ashley W., Pennsylvania
# 193:
5:07 am PST, Nov 22, Irene Doiron, Canada
# 192:
2:41 am PST, Nov 21, Stephanie Pedroza, Oregon
# 191:
8:42 pm PST, Nov 19, Jessica Olinkiewicz, New York
# 190:
1:17 pm PST, Nov 19, Desiree Diaz, Illinois
# 189:
5:08 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Michigan
# 188:
4:16 pm PST, Nov 17, Jacqueline L.semit, New York
We need to have consummers use totes instead of plastic
# 187:
9:57 am PST, Nov 17, Brielle Young, Virginia
Nothing is more important than our environment the place we live in. Everyone needs to pitch in at leaste a little. We're killing everything around us being ignorent human beings. We need to stop now!!
# 186:
1:39 pm PST, Nov 16, Catherine Searle, Hawaii
Let's go GREEN!
# 185:
7:14 am PST, Nov 16, Lars Larsson, Sweden
# 184:
7:02 am PST, Nov 16, Rhonda Fazenbaker, North Carolina
# 183:
6:28 am PST, Nov 16, Michelle Murphy, Pennsylvania
# 182:
6:11 am PST, Nov 16, Joanna Grinberg-ayala, New York
# 181:
8:32 pm PST, Nov 15, Maureen Cotton, Pennsylvania
# 180:
6:46 pm PST, Nov 15, Michelle Brown, Virginia
# 179:
5:06 pm PST, Nov 15, Ann Carreno, New Jersey
# 178:
1:28 pm PST, Nov 15, Regina Duprat, California
Please band plastic bags. We can use recycled paper.
# 177:
12:11 pm PST, Nov 15, Neal Rollason, United Kingdom
I very rarely use plastic bags these days, excpt for the ones that are enforced on me by the refuse collection service. More and more retailers are banning plastic bags here in the UK, so let's ban them outright!!!
# 176:
12:07 pm PST, Nov 15, Craig Lasley, Nebraska
# 175:
11:22 am PST, Nov 15, Nicole Winke, Iowa
A complete ban may not be practical, but drastic reductions in production and consumption must be made.
# 174:
8:37 am PST, Nov 15, Stefan Vasile, Romania
# 173:
8:19 am PST, Nov 15, Janet Larnach-Bray, California
i am weary of seeing these nuisances piled up by the side of the road - if i still lived near the ocean i'm sure i'd see critters directly or indirectly killed by them on the beach. the solution - reusable bags - requires so little effort...please make them illegal andtake a major step toward saving the planet.
# 172:
6:38 am PST, Nov 15, Yvonne Friend, United Kingdom
# 171:
5:36 am PST, Nov 15, Stephen E Robinson Jr, Texas
# 170:
12:17 am PST, Nov 15, Hanna Sandgren, Sweden
The small inconvenience it would be for me to bring along my own bags to the supermarket is one that I am definately willing to endure for the sake of environmental stability. It is merely a matter of habit. Please make it compulsory for all to make this small change that could make a big difference.
# 169:
7:41 pm PST, Nov 14, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 168:
7:31 pm PST, Nov 14, Name not displayed, Canada
# 167:
7:22 pm PST, Nov 14, Mamabear Claw, California
# 166:
6:51 pm PST, Nov 14, Lindsey Meadows, Texas
# 165:
6:48 pm PST, Nov 14, Michael B., Pennsylvania
These foul up the environment.
# 164:
6:41 pm PST, Nov 14, Lisa Ayers, California
Canvas bags or totes and pullable backpacks work much better to carry things in whether you have a car or not. :O)First NY, then let's ban them in the entire USA!
# 163:
6:32 pm PST, Nov 14, Fran Takacs, Georgia
Plastic is the enemy of the enviroment! If you care even a little about this earth, you will stop using plastic bags. Besides, tote bags are easier, better, and many charities give out tote bags when you donate.
# 162:
6:28 pm PST, Nov 14, Tammy Meyer, Missouri
# 161:
6:02 pm PST, Nov 14, Sharon Ross, United Kingdom
Come on do your bit for the planet ban plastic bags in New York then next step worldwide.
# 160:
6:01 pm PST, Nov 14, Cornelia Jerviss, Washington
# 159:
5:53 pm PST, Nov 14, Susanna Wesson, Pennsylvania
# 158:
5:48 pm PST, Nov 14, James Hibbard, Massachusetts
# 157:
2:06 am PST, Nov 9, Firas Al-Khalidy, Iraq
If we didn't take care of our mother nature, then can you tell me who will do?!!!
# 156:
2:43 am PST, Nov 8, Steve Klein, Virginia
# 155:
11:53 am PST, Nov 4, Anne Seidel, Germany
# 154:
9:39 am PST, Nov 4, Angel Harris, Tennessee
# 153:
6:23 pm PDT, Oct 31, Farhana F, Canada
# 152:
6:15 pm PDT, Oct 30, Leah Michael, North Carolina
reduce, reuse, and recycle
# 151:
12:14 am PDT, Oct 29, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
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