Ban The Bag
We use an ASTRONOMICAL number of plastic bags. Let’s stop using plastic convenience bags and instead use re-usable bags made from sustainable or recycled materials.
Actions You Can Take
- Use re-usable bags when you go shopping
- Write to your elected officials
- Go to your local supermarket and ask them to promote re-usable bags
- Write to — or help — community organizations to encourage them to support a ban on plastic bags.
Current Legislation in NYC and NYS
- NY State Assemblyman Bill Colton - An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring retail businesses to restrict the use of non-compostable plastic bags
Recent Ban The Bag Posts on GBK
- Petition: Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in New York City
- NYC Plastic Bag Recycling Law Goes Into Effect, State Bill To Weaken City Law - Take Action: Tell Albany To Get With The Program
- Anti-Landfill Landslide: Park Slope Food Co-op Votes 250-4 To Ban Plastic Bags
- Free “My Green New York” Bags At Brooklyn Borough Hall Green Market (Tue 5/27)
- Ban the Bag: Bloomberg On Board
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