Ban Plastic Shopping Bags Everywhere!!
Target:
Aylwin B. Lewis, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sears Corporation
Sponsored by:
We all need to eliminate our use of plastic bags. According to the EPA, Americans discarded more than 4.4 million tons of polyethylene bags in 2005, and only about 1-5 percent of those were recycled. Plastic bags waste resources, release toxins when burned, and contribute to global warming due to the energy required to make them. Bags littering the oceans also annually kill countless marine animals that mistake them for food. Consumers bear a responsibility, so do our RETAILERS!
We all need to eliminate our use of plastic bags. According to the EPA, Americans discarded more than 4.4 million tons of polyethylene bags in 2005, and only about 1-5 percent of those were recycled. Plastic bags waste resources, release toxins when burned, and contribute to global warming due to the energy required to make them. Bags littering the oceans also annually kill countless marine animals that mistake them for food. Consumers bear a responsibility, so do our RETAILERS!
I am writing to you in hopes of you joining the %u201CGreen Movement%u201D that is sweeping the nation. It is imperative that we as consumers and citizens of the world act to save our world. Please join us.
In view of the City of San Francisco ban on the use of plastic bags, and top retailers in the UK agreeing to cut their usage by 25%, I ask you to make every effort possible to follow suit on a national basis. It would not only help our world as a whole, it would be a large public relations boost for retailers such as yourself if you were to take it on voluntarily.
We signed the "Ban Plastic Shopping Bags Everywhere!!" petition!
# 506:
4:51 pm PDT, May 30,
Heather Gregory, South Carolina
# 505:
11:05 pm PDT, May 29,
Roy Cee, Oregon
# 504:
7:24 pm PDT, May 29,
Bill McGlone, Connecticut
# 503:
1:53 pm PDT, May 29,
Michael Barth, California
# 502:
11:38 am PDT, May 29,
Karen Stillwell, Tennessee
# 501:
12:10 am PDT, May 26,
Julie Burns, Michigan
# 500:
5:30 pm PDT, May 25,
Sandra M Zwingelberg, Colorado
# 499:
8:33 pm PDT, May 13,
Mikey Sudsy, Canada
# 498:
7:20 am PDT, May 12,
John Bazluke, Florida
# 497:
4:33 am PDT, May 12,
Elaine Baly, Massachusetts
# 496:
2:49 am PDT, May 12,
Manuel Duarte, Portugal
# 495:
7:27 pm PDT, May 11,
Carol Collins, Virginia
# 494:
5:23 pm PDT, May 11,
Chris Nielsen, Arkansas
This ban would reduce consumption of about 40 million barrels per month of oil.
This ban would reduce consumption of about 40 million barrels per month of oil.
# 493:
1:57 pm PDT, May 11,
John V. Peterson, Oregon
# 492:
10:19 am PDT, May 11,
Littlewing NANCY GLAVIANO, Utah
# 491:
8:49 am PDT, May 11,
Ian Moore, United Kingdom
# 490:
7:56 am PDT, May 11,
Aelred Glidden, Michigan
# 489:
5:42 am PDT, May 11,
Kim Moore, Missouri
the plastic soup in the Atlantic Ocean is 2x the size of the United States. that alone should be reason enough.
the plastic soup in the Atlantic Ocean is 2x the size of the United States. that alone should be reason enough.
# 488:
9:46 pm PDT, May 10,
Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri
# 487:
6:23 pm PDT, May 10,
Chris Kuhar, Virginia
# 486:
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3:58 pm PDT, May 10,
JAY Antol, Virginia
please do the right thing! |
# 485:
3:53 pm PDT, May 10,
Sam Andrews, United Kingdom
The elimination of plastic bags will help reduce the non decomposables in todays society.
The elimination of plastic bags will help reduce the non decomposables in todays society.
# 484:
3:34 pm PDT, May 10,
Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
# 483:
3:29 pm PDT, May 10,
Christine Conti-Cole, Massachusetts
# 482:
3:20 pm PDT, May 10,
Lorraine Kay, United Kingdom
# 481:
9:50 am PDT, May 5,
Robert Shennan, United Kingdom
# 480:
1:49 am PDT, Apr 19,
Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
# 479:
1:51 am PDT, Apr 15,
Deborah Chan, Malaysia
# 478:
12:59 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Ana Maria carvalho, Brazil
# 477:
7:48 am PDT, Mar 29,
Liz Casey, Canada
# 476:
4:34 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Chris Beane-martin, New Hampshire
# 475:
7:53 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Louise Leger, Canada
# 474:
5:41 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Kim Szabo, Florida
# 473:
2:47 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Ken Miller, Canada
# 472:
10:22 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Audrey Liebl, Massachusetts
# 471:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21,
Gillian Miller, United Kingdom
Try saving the planet (& your pockets) charge for plastic bags, offer a money back for reused bags and try recycling. This would help give you a more caring image (undeserved) and make you look greener!
Try saving the planet (& your pockets) charge for plastic bags, offer a money back for reused bags and try recycling. This would help give you a more caring image (undeserved) and make you look greener!
# 470:
8:36 am PDT, Mar 21,
Michele Santos, Puerto Rico
# 469:
6:10 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Venessa Kappel, Australia
# 468:
7:40 am PDT, Mar 18,
Elizabeth Oehrn, Sweden
# 467:
5:55 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Samia Lalani, Canada
# 466:
12:29 am PDT, Mar 15,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
I have seen this sight myself. That's why I stopped using garbage bags and reuse all of my plastic grocery bags for disposing anything. I fill them up as much as I can and I also recycle. If recycling was mandatory and heavily enforced, that would be even better.
I have seen this sight myself. That's why I stopped using garbage bags and reuse all of my plastic grocery bags for disposing anything. I fill them up as much as I can and I also recycle. If recycling was mandatory and heavily enforced, that would be even better.
# 465:
8:33 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Lily Gruber, Kansas
# 464:
12:16 pm PDT, Mar 14,
KATHLEEN WISSENZ, Pennsylvania
# 463:
11:17 am PDT, Mar 13,
Melissa Guinn, Tennessee
# 461:
5:08 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Elle Jordan, Massachusetts
Ask for paper bags and if they can't supply them, shop elsewhere.
Ask for paper bags and if they can't supply them, shop elsewhere.
# 460:
2:50 am PDT, Mar 10,
Hammer Fall, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
# 459:
11:11 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Leanne Cook, Australia
using plastic bags in supermarkets and shops is so wasteful,and harmful to the environment.please bring your own shopping bags from home.
using plastic bags in supermarkets and shops is so wasteful,and harmful to the environment.please bring your own shopping bags from home.
# 458:
6:03 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Vivien Limon, California
# 457:
12:34 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Debbie Butz, Illinois
# 456:
12:38 am PST, Mar 9,
Lucien Pan Morningstar, Colorado
# 455:
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12:16 am PST, Mar 8,
Nuntanit Bumrungsap, Thailand
Plastic bags come from oil, thus increasing CO2 emissions. Plastic bags cause unnecessary costs that consumers pay (included in goods' prices). Plastic bags kill wildlife and even farm animals. Plastic bags add unnecessary mass to landfills. Plastic bags cause unsightly litter. These are good reasons to ban plastic bags. |
# 454:
7:40 pm PST, Mar 7,
Debbie Low, Florida
# 453:
7:02 pm PST, Mar 7,
Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania
I also think that those loadable plastic cards should be recycled and the reuse encouraged by discount.
I also think that those loadable plastic cards should be recycled and the reuse encouraged by discount.
# 452:
4:08 pm PST, Mar 7,
Lisa Lehman, Texas
There is NO EXCUSE for a careless human!
There is NO EXCUSE for a careless human!
# 451:
12:46 pm PST, Mar 7,
Dominic Kiddell, United Kingdom
