The Over-Packaging of America

Target:

Return to a biodegradable society, use less plastic, which is petroleum based.

Sponsored by:

1. To reduce the amount of packaging for products sold in America.
2. To add recycling numbers and symbols to "Blister" and "bubble" packaging.
3, Add recycling numbers to all plastic bags that can be recycled in community programs.
4. Simplify and reduce costly packaging. Bigger is NOT BETTER!
5. Wrap meats without plastic trays. Return to fresh meat counters.
6. Use only <1> or <2> coded plastics for everything so consumers can recycle anywhere.
7. Place glass, plastic, aluminum recycling containers in highly populated locations.
8. Place a deposit on all glass, beer and beverage containers.

Does it take an act of Congress for Americans to cut our dependence on plastic petroleum products? Join the movement today!

Are you tired of eating a 20 second yogurt out of a #6 plastic container which could last two-hundred years? I am!

I remember when dairy products came in glass or wax-covered paper cups. I don't think those cups lasted 200 years, did they? Remember when the milkman picked up the empty milk bottles once a week to be recycled?

Join the petition to decrease the amount of product packaging and to simplify the recycling process! Read the mission statement and join the movement to stop the overpackaging of America and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Thank you for reading this petition. I think it's really important.

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# 180:

4:02 pm PST, Dec 29, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

# 179:

2:26 pm PST, Dec 23, CLIFFORD MANN, Tennessee
I see the statistics and I want to do my part to cut down on the use of plastic bags.

To help America stop depending on plastic bags I will start using non- plastic bags, right now, today.

# 178:

9:45 am PST, Nov 19, Mary Jane Tallent, Tennessee
I want to save as many lives of animals and ultimately humans.

Use your own bags, and buy fresh food when possible.

# 177:

8:18 am PDT, Oct 5, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom
I HATE PLASTICS FAR TOO MUCH COMES IN PLASTIC IF IT WAS ALL RECYCLABLE LIKE IT SHOULD BE THAN IT WOULDNOT BE SO BAD

I NEVER BUY STUFF THAT'S IN PACKAGING AND IF ANY OF YOU DO MAKESURE IT'S RECYCLABLE IF YOU DO (IF NOT DO NOT BUY) P.S IF CONSUMERS NOT BUYING STUFF IN PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS AV TO RETHINK THEIR PACKAGING WAYS EH?

# 176:

1:56 pm PDT, Sep 21, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

# 175:

3:57 am PDT, Sep 21, Theresa Hays, Washington

# 174:

6:41 am PDT, Sep 18, Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin

# 173:

6:18 pm PDT, Sep 17, Regan Welch, Ohio
As an environmental engineer, I see polluted sites, landfills, and worse. If we maintain this reckless trend, all this stuff will be in our backyards. We have yet to see and experience fully the consequences of our technologies.

I use canvas bags and encourage others to do so. I have written to my local grocery stores encouraging them to sell canvas bags, which they did.

# 172:

11:21 am PDT, Sep 5, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 171:

2:28 pm PDT, Sep 4, Mark Paul, California
The issue of tens, if not hundreds of millions(if not more) of discarded plastic water bottles is a looming environmental threat.

Re-use & RECYCLE!

# 170:

6:49 am PDT, Aug 27, Rose Rich, North Carolina
I've been concerned about the use of plastics for everyday use for some time now; the impact on nature and the world is devastating!

I've been recycling my plastic bags for several years now; I have purchased several reusable grocery bags and always have a few in my car. I estimate that I have saved at least 6 bags a week for the past 6 months, which amounts to over 150 bags, and that's just one family! I am writing to the editor of my newspaper to get the word out about plastic bag consumption.

# 169:

7:32 am PDT, Aug 23, Cynthia Norris, Massachusetts

# 168:

5:09 pm PDT, Aug 20, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire
I'M VERY EXCITED BY TRASH....THERE IS SO MUCH WE SHOULD BE DOING...PUT A DOLLAR DEPOSIT ON CONTAINERS AND BATTERIES...

# 167:

5:47 am PDT, Aug 12, BRANDON CATHERS, Michigan
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 166:

8:31 pm PDT, Aug 11, Name not displayed, New Jersey
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 165:

8:23 am PDT, Aug 8, Brenda Shaughnessy, Canada
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 164:

6:36 am PDT, Aug 6, Arvind Sawant, India
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 163:

1:53 pm PDT, Aug 4, Sean Noyes, Finland
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 162:

5:20 pm PDT, Aug 3, Anthony Montapert, California
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 161:

9:51 am PDT, Aug 3, Tashia Mccarty, Maryland
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 160:

7:07 pm PDT, Aug 2, Laurie Devault, Ohio
Do away with the plastic bottles completely. They are everywhere and not enough people recycle.

What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 159:

5:53 pm PDT, Aug 2, Stefan Keller, Connecticut
We have entered the age of a "disposable" society, but it does not have to be that way forever. It is time to change our ways. It is time to reduce all of that wasteful extra packaging used on products from food to electronics. It is time to start using recyclable plastics to make containers and other plastic products instead of using plastics that cannot be recycled, and are instead sent off to landfills. It is time to change our ways and go back to being a more biodegradable and less wasteful society.

What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 158:

6:54 am PDT, Aug 1, Linda Mira-Bateman, Australia
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 157:

5:14 am PDT, Aug 1, Eliska Kovacova, Slovakia
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 156:

11:26 pm PDT, Jul 31, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 155:

10:34 pm PDT, Jul 31, Animal Abuse Greece, Greece
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 154:

3:32 am PDT, Jul 31, Franziska Eber, Germany
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 153:

2:45 am PDT, Jul 31, Can Atik, Turkey
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 152:

1:06 am PDT, Jul 31, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging?

# 151:

11:41 pm PDT, Jul 30, Nancy Billings, Maryland
We are a throw away society sad to say - We NEED to do all of the things listed above to protect our enviroment & planet !

What are you going to do to help stop America's dependence on packaging? I reuse & recycle all I can & use canvas bags instead of plastic whenever possible !I also will not buy if to much packaging - it is a needless thing & fills up our landfills - I also get one big package & divide it into containers at home as opposed to getting individually wrapped things .

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