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Support the Proposed Ban on Plastic Grocery Bags
Target: San Francisco Board of SupervisorsSponsored by: Care2
Help encourage San Francisco to lead the way in reducing global warming emissions by banning plastic grocery bags - and other cities may do the same.
Plastic bags eat up fossil fuel, litter streets and choke wildlife. What's more, it is estimated that plastic bags can take between 500 and 1000 years to decompose!
The Board of Supervisors have proposed a ban on plastic bags for large grocers in San Francisco. If this law were passed, large stores would have to offer customers bags made of recycled paper, plastic that can be composted or bags that can be reused. Violators would be required to pay a fine. The city's own Mayor, Gavin Newsom, endorses this bill.
According to a study by the UK-based Ban the Bag, only 0.5% of plastic bags are recycled. This means most bags are being thrown into waste dumps, where they will remain for hundreds of years.
Show your support for San Francisco's ban on plastic bags, so that other cities may follow suit. If you are a U.S. resident, a copy of your letter will also be sent to your state Governor!
Plastic bags eat up fossil fuel, litter streets and choke wildlife. What's more, it is estimated that plastic bags can take between 500 and 1000 years to decompose!
The Board of Supervisors have proposed a ban on plastic bags for large grocers in San Francisco. If this law were passed, large stores would have to offer customers bags made of recycled paper, plastic that can be composted or bags that can be reused. Violators would be required to pay a fine. The city's own Mayor, Gavin Newsom, endorses this bill.
According to a study by the UK-based Ban the Bag, only 0.5% of plastic bags are recycled. This means most bags are being thrown into waste dumps, where they will remain for hundreds of years.
Show your support for San Francisco's ban on plastic bags, so that other cities may follow suit. If you are a U.S. resident, a copy of your letter will also be sent to your state Governor!
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We signed the “Support the Proposed Ban on Plastic Grocery Bags” petition!
# 2,849:
4:39 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Amanda Carter, Missouri
To keep our planet cleaner longer and lead the way not only for other states to propose this ban but come up with other ideas to help clean this place up.
To keep our planet cleaner longer and lead the way not only for other states to propose this ban but come up with other ideas to help clean this place up.
# 2,848:
3:25 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Kristian Kelly, California
# 2,847:
3:25 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Poppy Miller, Florida
Millions, billions of these bags come through purchases that are entirely necessary. Why add to the pollution problem. Lets make certain these bags can be reused or composted. Even better, encourage the folks in your area to carry their own bags. Using the plastic reusable'ones only when needed.
Millions, billions of these bags come through purchases that are entirely necessary. Why add to the pollution problem. Lets make certain these bags can be reused or composted. Even better, encourage the folks in your area to carry their own bags. Using the plastic reusable'ones only when needed.
# 2,846:
3:05 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Sharise Briggs, California
# 2,845:
3:05 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Valerie Savoie, Louisiana
# 2,844:
1:50 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Susan Sandford, Iowa
I have been bringing my own bags to grocery stores for years. It is so easy to do and makes a big difference. If would save the store money too!
I have been bringing my own bags to grocery stores for years. It is so easy to do and makes a big difference. If would save the store money too!
# 2,843:
12:51 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Bill Easton, Canada
# 2,842:
12:14 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Kristen Garrison, North Carolina
i think plastic bags should be worth $.05 each in EVERY state. if every plastic bag we get money from, dont you think it would be recycled instead of thrown on poor mother nature.
i think plastic bags should be worth $.05 each in EVERY state. if every plastic bag we get money from, dont you think it would be recycled instead of thrown on poor mother nature.
# 2,841:
11:45 am PDT, Mar 28,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 2,840:
11:16 am PDT, Mar 28,
Annalisa Gross, Canada
why not?
why not?
# 2,839:
11:08 am PDT, Mar 28,
B. Allan Ross, California
# 2,838:
10:13 am PDT, Mar 28,
Melissa Brooks, Washington
This should be worldwide, but at least it's a start. Please clean up landfills and help the environment.
This should be worldwide, but at least it's a start. Please clean up landfills and help the environment.
# 2,837:
9:59 am PDT, Mar 28,
Kirsten Dahlen, Delaware
# 2,836:
9:51 am PDT, Mar 28,
Bobby Edwards, California
Plastic bags are frequently found on the beach and are the 7th most common form of garbage found there.
Plastic bags are frequently found on the beach and are the 7th most common form of garbage found there.
# 2,835:
9:33 am PDT, Mar 28,
Amber Craig, California
# 2,834:
9:24 am PDT, Mar 28,
Name not displayed, Mississippi
Anything that will save oil and stop polution is a great idea.
Anything that will save oil and stop polution is a great idea.
# 2,833:
9:01 am PDT, Mar 28,
Name not displayed, California
Stop creating landfill!
Stop creating landfill!
# 2,832:
7:24 am PDT, Mar 28,
Sandra J, Mississippi
This is a start! It's exactly what we need to get these things out of our environment. Kudos to San Francisco!
This is a start! It's exactly what we need to get these things out of our environment. Kudos to San Francisco!
# 2,831:
6:57 am PDT, Mar 28,
Lois Caldwell, South Dakota
For some strange reason this country seems to look to California for leadership, I would love to see them banned nationwide, perhaps a local politician will get on the band wagon now because "California's doing it"
For some strange reason this country seems to look to California for leadership, I would love to see them banned nationwide, perhaps a local politician will get on the band wagon now because "California's doing it"
# 2,830:
5:03 am PDT, Mar 28,
Stacy Kinsler, California
# 2,829:
11:19 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Tiffany Chen, California
# 2,828:
11:07 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Kat Weir, Australia
Here in Sydney, we can purchase re-useable , biodegradeable green shopping bags. Which have been made from recycled material... Well what are you waiting for SF , if Sydney can do it so can you
Here in Sydney, we can purchase re-useable , biodegradeable green shopping bags. Which have been made from recycled material... Well what are you waiting for SF , if Sydney can do it so can you
# 2,827:
11:07 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Joanna Addy, Arizona
SO the enviroment wont suffer and the wildlife wont die
SO the enviroment wont suffer and the wildlife wont die
# 2,826:
11:06 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Shayleen Bowling, California
# 2,825:
10:56 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Tami A, Massachusetts
# 2,824:
10:46 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Alexandra Benitez, Canada
# 2,823:
10:16 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Shu ying Law, Singapore
# 2,822:
9:01 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Megan Tambaschi, California
# 2,821:
8:11 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Ami Gilfert, Washington
# 2,820:
7:14 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Andrea Cormier, Canada
Good riddance plastic bags!
Good riddance plastic bags!
# 2,819:
7:01 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Shannon McAbee, North Carolina
lead and others will follow. so many of us already choose not use plastic bags.
lead and others will follow. so many of us already choose not use plastic bags.
# 2,818:
5:09 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Kayna Hogue, Oregon
If not you, then who? If not now, when?
If not you, then who? If not now, when?
# 2,817:
5:06 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Jane Manning, South Carolina
# 2,816:
4:29 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Oregon
Let's get nonbiodegradable materials out of the landfills and work towards more sustainable, environmental packaging.
Let's get nonbiodegradable materials out of the landfills and work towards more sustainable, environmental packaging.
# 2,815:
4:07 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Marin Klinger, Oregon
# 2,814:
3:56 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Marla Blaney, Oregon
# 2,813:
3:23 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 2,812:
3:06 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Kelly Strickland, Texas
This is an easy step that we can take!
This is an easy step that we can take!
# 2,811:
2:57 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Rania Abdin, California
# 2,810:
1:20 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Jacie Lickfield, New Jersey
# 2,809:
1:06 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Kitty Kat, New York
Just letting your plastic bag blow away in the wind is just a killing waiting to happen. Birds can become intangled in these bags and suficate. Fish can swallow them, other land animals could eat them and have them get caught in their windpipes! This is a serious cause.
Just letting your plastic bag blow away in the wind is just a killing waiting to happen. Birds can become intangled in these bags and suficate. Fish can swallow them, other land animals could eat them and have them get caught in their windpipes! This is a serious cause.
# 2,808:
12:58 pm PDT, Mar 27,
JoDee Vasallo, Florida
# 2,807:
12:49 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Emily Walford, Canada
# 2,806:
12:23 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Lauren Beebe, New York
# 2,805:
12:22 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Erin Kennedy, Tennessee
# 2,804:
12:11 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Caitlin Gallupe, Canada
# 2,803:
11:37 am PDT, Mar 27,
Shayna Okelley, Kentucky
# 2,802:
11:35 am PDT, Mar 27,
Kelly Chippie, Delaware
# 2,801:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 27,
Gayle Klein, New Jersey