Ban Plastic Shopping Bags Everywhere!!
Target:
Frank Blake, Chairman and CEO, Home Depot, Inc.
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.
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# 604:
5:35 am PDT, May 31,
Nancy Woodman, Massachusetts
# 603:
4:50 pm PDT, May 30,
Heather Gregory, South Carolina
# 602:
9:36 am PDT, May 30,
Eminga Ocay, Philippines
# 601:
10:55 pm PDT, May 29,
Roy Cee, Oregon
# 600:
8:46 pm PDT, May 29,
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# 599:
7:31 pm PDT, May 29,
Bill McGlone, Connecticut
# 598:
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4:54 pm PDT, May 29,
Michael Dewey, Massachusetts
We can make plastic out of hemp. And if you have not heard, bio-diesel fuel too. |
# 597:
1:51 pm PDT, May 29,
Michael Barth, California
# 596:
1:37 pm PDT, May 29,
Susan L, Connecticut
# 595:
11:34 am PDT, May 29,
Karen Stillwell, Tennessee
# 594:
3:35 pm PDT, May 10,
Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
# 593:
3:26 pm PDT, May 10,
Lorraine Kay, United Kingdom
Ban the disgusting plastic bag!
Ban the disgusting plastic bag!
# 592:
1:49 am PDT, Apr 19,
Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
# 591:
1:03 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Ana Maria carvalho, Brazil
# 590:
7:50 am PDT, Mar 29,
Liz Casey, Canada
# 589:
4:35 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Chris Beane-martin, New Hampshire
# 588:
5:44 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Kim Szabo, Florida
# 587:
10:23 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Audrey Liebl, Massachusetts
# 586:
10:45 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!
# 585:
6:08 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Venessa Kappel, Australia
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 584:
5:56 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Samia Lalani, Canada
# 583:
8:34 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Lily Gruber, Kansas
# 582:
12:13 pm PDT, Mar 14,
KATHLEEN WISSENZ, Pennsylvania
# 581:
11:18 am PDT, Mar 13,
Melissa Guinn, Tennessee
# 580:
5:11 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Elle Jordan, Massachusetts
Are you aware that plastic bags are detremental to the enviornment? Perhaps you should consider that when people ask for paper bags. Provide them and plastic bags will become a thing of the past.
Are you aware that plastic bags are detremental to the enviornment? Perhaps you should consider that when people ask for paper bags. Provide them and plastic bags will become a thing of the past.
# 579:
11:19 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.
# 578:
6:13 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Vivien Limon, California
# 577:
12:36 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Debbie Butz, Illinois
# 576:
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12:11 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. |
# 575:
7:42 pm PST, Mar 7,
Debbie Low, Florida
# 574:
7:03 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.
# 573:
12:47 pm PST, Mar 7,
Dominic Kiddell, United Kingdom
# 572:
11:21 am PST, Mar 7,
Christoph Poss, Germany
# 571:
11:13 am PST, Mar 7,
Kristy Maguire, Massachusetts
The US should follow the example of some european countries by charging a $0.05 fee per plastic bag to those of us who do not bring reuseable bags with us on shopping trips. When it starts hurting people in the wallet, maybe they in turn will stop hurting our precious environment by being proactive and not wasteful.
The US should follow the example of some european countries by charging a $0.05 fee per plastic bag to those of us who do not bring reuseable bags with us on shopping trips. When it starts hurting people in the wallet, maybe they in turn will stop hurting our precious environment by being proactive and not wasteful.
# 570:
10:22 am PST, Mar 7,
Galen Hazelhofer, California
# 569:
8:37 am PST, Mar 7,
Natalie Van Leekwijck, Belgium
# 568:
8:07 am PST, Mar 7,
Bridget Jones, Mississippi
These bags are harming the enviromment, killing animals, and the toxins harm people. Take a stand to do what's right, if not for yourself, for the next generations.
These bags are harming the enviromment, killing animals, and the toxins harm people. Take a stand to do what's right, if not for yourself, for the next generations.
# 567:
7:46 am PST, Mar 7,
Marcy Morgan, California
# 566:
11:54 pm PST, Mar 6,
Aaron Bond, Texas
# 565:
9:25 pm PST, Mar 6,
Margaret Chaykin, California
On behalf of humanity, animal welfare, and the over all welfare of OUR planet, I would like to encourage your company to ban the use of plastic bags! This may seem like a huge stride, but when done, it will be appreciated and admired. Offer a sensible solution, like a reusable promotional tote... the response will no doubt be overwhelming. We're all in this together... and I am asking, as a conscious consumer, don't turn your back on your responsibility as a retailer... but embrace this opportunity to make your impact!
On behalf of humanity, animal welfare, and the over all welfare of OUR planet, I would like to encourage your company to ban the use of plastic bags! This may seem like a huge stride, but when done, it will be appreciated and admired. Offer a sensible solution, like a reusable promotional tote... the response will no doubt be overwhelming. We're all in this together... and I am asking, as a conscious consumer, don't turn your back on your responsibility as a retailer... but embrace this opportunity to make your impact!
# 564:
7:22 pm PST, Mar 6,
Samantha Sargent, South Carolina
# 563:
7:12 pm PST, Mar 6,
Jeany Aguirre, California
# 562:
6:41 pm PST, Mar 6,
Sandra Carr, Alabama
Please stop using plastic bags!!
Please stop using plastic bags!!
# 561:
6:39 pm PST, Mar 6,
Philippe Ducreux, France
# 560:
6:28 pm PST, Mar 6,
Nicole Daniels, Illinois
# 559:
4:46 pm PST, Mar 6,
Stephen Dunne, Massachusetts
# 558:
3:06 pm PST, Mar 6,
Joan Rodriguez, California
# 557:
1:33 pm PST, Mar 6,
Christopher Garceau, New Hampshire
# 556:
1:32 pm PST, Mar 6,
Carina Nilsson, Sweden
# 555:
12:29 pm PST, Mar 6,
Naomi Dutch, California
# 554:
12:25 pm PST, Mar 6,
Susan Rasmussen, Mississippi
# 553:
11:52 am PST, Mar 6,
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# 552:
11:46 am PST, Mar 6,
Jenny Dumas, Alabama
# 551:
11:39 am PST, Mar 6,
Brittany Carr, Mississippi
