Ban Plastic Shopping Bags Everywhere!!
Target:
H. Lee Scott, Jr., President and CEO, Wal-Mart
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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We signed the "Ban Plastic Shopping Bags Everywhere!!" petition!
# 595:
9:30 pm PDT, May 31,
Romina Enopia, Philippines
# 594:
4:51 pm PDT, May 30,
Heather Gregory, South Carolina
# 593:
11:04 pm PDT, May 29,
Roy Cee, Oregon
# 592:
7:23 pm PDT, May 29,
Bill McGlone, Connecticut
# 591:
1:52 pm PDT, May 29,
Michael Barth, California
# 590:
1:27 pm PDT, May 29,
Scott Ritter, California
Enough of the continued pollution of our environment!
Enough of the continued pollution of our environment!
# 589:
11:37 am PDT, May 29,
Karen Stillwell, Tennessee
# 588:
7:23 am PDT, May 27,
Catherine Ferguson, Australia
YAY!
YAY!
# 587:
2:51 am PDT, May 12,
Manuel Duarte, Portugal
# 586:
2:00 pm PDT, May 11,
John V. Peterson, Oregon
# 585:
8:50 am PDT, May 11,
Ian Moore, United Kingdom
# 584:
10:13 pm PDT, May 10,
Daniel Manahan, California
# 583:
3:55 pm PDT, May 10,
Steven Mann, New Jersey
# 582:
3:34 pm PDT, May 10,
Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
Stop using plastic bags, they are dangerous to the environment!
Stop using plastic bags, they are dangerous to the environment!
# 581:
2:29 pm PDT, May 10,
Charles Mclachlan, United Kingdom
# 580:
2:28 pm PDT, May 10,
Evert Jan Klein Velderman, Netherlands
# 579:
2:22 pm PDT, May 10,
Lorraine Kay, United Kingdom
I am so sick of all the bags i see blowing about in trees, it makes me very sad and angry, I pick them up when I can, it's just a disgrace! Stores should charge a substantial amount for bags, in the hope it will put people off using them and bringing cotton bags.
I am so sick of all the bags i see blowing about in trees, it makes me very sad and angry, I pick them up when I can, it's just a disgrace! Stores should charge a substantial amount for bags, in the hope it will put people off using them and bringing cotton bags.
# 578:
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9:50 am PDT, May 5,
Robert Shennan, United Kingdom
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# 577:
1:15 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 576:
1:48 am PDT, Apr 19,
Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
# 575:
12:59 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Ana Maria carvalho, Brazil
# 574:
7:47 am PDT, Mar 29,
Liz Casey, Canada
# 573:
12:10 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Anu Kamath, Minnesota
Plastic bags are more trouble than they are worth. Everyone should take their own bags.
Plastic bags are more trouble than they are worth. Everyone should take their own bags.
# 572:
4:32 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Chris Beane-martin, New Hampshire
# 571:
5:40 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Kim Szabo, Florida
# 570:
2:46 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Ken Miller, Canada
# 569:
10:21 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Audrey Liebl, Massachusetts
# 568:
2:16 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Danae Lupine, Ireland
# 567:
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!
# 566:
8:36 am PDT, Mar 21,
Michele Santos, Puerto Rico
# 565:
6:14 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Venessa Kappel, Australia
# 564:
7:40 am PDT, Mar 18,
Elizabeth Oehrn, Sweden
# 563:
5:55 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Samia Lalani, Canada
# 562:
8:32 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Lily Gruber, Kansas
# 561:
12:17 pm PDT, Mar 14,
KATHLEEN WISSENZ, Pennsylvania
# 560:
11:16 am PDT, Mar 13,
Melissa Guinn, Tennessee
# 559:
7:27 am PDT, Mar 13,
Kelsey Kurtz, Michigan
# 558:
1:56 am PDT, Mar 11,
Rebecca Mccoy, Texas
Get rid of the plastic, bring you own canvas bag
Get rid of the plastic, bring you own canvas bag
# 557:
11:08 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Leanne Cook, Australia
Using plastic bags in supermarkets and shops is so wasteful,and harmful to the environment.bring your own shopping bags from home.
Using plastic bags in supermarkets and shops is so wasteful,and harmful to the environment.bring your own shopping bags from home.
# 556:
6:02 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Vivien Limon, California
# 555:
1:50 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Becky Visco, Texas
# 554:
12:28 pm PDT, Mar 9,
Debbie Butz, Illinois
# 553:
12:37 am PST, Mar 9,
Lucien Pan Morningstar, Colorado
# 552:
10:52 am PST, Mar 8,
Ivan Djordjevic, New Jersey
# 551:
9:48 am PST, Mar 8,
Aileen O'Brien, Louisiana
