Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in New York City
- par: Callia Piperides, Brooklyn NY
- destinataire: Sen. E. Adams, Sen. C. Schumer, Rep. Y. Clarke, Asm. R. Jacobs
If you're dismayed by the sight of plastic bags hanging off neighborhood trees, lining gutters and strewn on New York streets, it's time to take action.
THE GOAL
Petition the City to act now and impose taxes on stores that continue to provide customers with plastic bags. The stores, in turn, should charge customers to use their bags and should be required to sell reusable bags.
THE FACTS
The New York Times reports, "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called for charging shoppers 6 cents for every plastic bag needed at the register. If the proposal passes, New York City would follow the lead of many European countries and become one of the first places in the United States to assess a so-called plastic bag tax....Just a few weeks after Ireland adopted a similar, though much heftier tax in 2002 — charging shoppers 33 cents a bag — plastic bag use dropped 94 percent, and within a year, nearly everyone in that country had purchased reusable cloth bags." (Source, In Mayor’s Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee, Nov. 6 2008, By DAVID W. CHEN)
However, large stores do not need to wait for laws to pass before they take action. The article continues, "The Ikea furniture chain... began charging customers 5 cents for each plastic bag in 2007; since then, the store says, plastic bag use has been cut in half. Several large supermarket chains in the region, like Whole Foods Markets, offer refunds when customers bring reusable bags."
Mayor Bloomberg’s plans have not moved forward. Politicians need to know that we are behind them and support them and that it is time to take action. Despite the economic woes, buying and stashing a few reusable bags would be a trivial expense. The inconvenience of remembering to take them when shopping is also trivial--an inconvenience that quickly becomes a habit. Weigh this against the impact of saying, ‘No, thanks. I have my own bags’: New Yorkers would be helping to beautify our city; protect our wildlife and nature from choking on plastic; and reduce carbon emissions in the manufacturing of plastic.
Sign this petition to let our representatives know that we now demand action: Act to reduce the use of plastic bags in New York City!
We the undersigned:
PETITION OUR REPRESENTATIVES: To Act Now to Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in New York City
If you're dismayed by the sight of plastic bags hanging off neighborhood trees, lining gutters and strewn on New York streets, it's time to take action.
THE GOAL
Petition the City to act now and impose taxes on stores that continue to provide customers with plastic bags. The stores, in turn, should charge customers to use their bags and should be required to sell reusable bags.
THE FACTS
The New York Times reports, "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called for charging shoppers 6 cents for every plastic bag needed at the register. If the proposal passes, New York City would follow the lead of many European countries and become one of the first places in the United States to assess a so-called plastic bag tax....Just a few weeks after Ireland adopted a similar, though much heftier tax in 2002 %u2014 charging shoppers 33 cents a bag %u2014 plastic bag use dropped 94 percent, and within a year, nearly everyone in that country had purchased reusable cloth bags." (Source, In Mayor%u2019s Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee, Nov. 6 2008, By DAVID W. CHEN)
However, large stores do not need to wait for laws to pass before they take action. The article continues, "The Ikea furniture chain... began charging customers 5 cents for each plastic bag in 2007; since then, the store says, plastic bag use has been cut in half. Several large supermarket chains in the region, like Whole Foods Markets, offer refunds when customers bring reusable bags."
Mayor Bloomberg%u2019s plans have not moved forward. Politicians need to know that we are behind them and support them and that it is time to take action. Despite the economic woes, buying and stashing a few reusable bags would be a trivial expense. The inconvenience of remembering to take them when shopping is also trivial--an inconvenience that quickly becomes a habit. Weigh this against the impact of saying, %u2018No, thanks. I have my own bags%u2019: New Yorkers would be helping to beautify our city; protect our wildlife and nature from choking on plastic; and reduce carbon emissions in the manufacturing of plastic.
Sign this petition to let our representatives know that we now demand action: Act to reduce the use of plastic bags in New York City!
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