Big push on banning plastic bags - Environment California

Big push on banning plastic bags - Environment California

As the unrelenting thick black oil smothers the Gulf of Mexico, we can sit back and watch the devastation with grieving hearts, or take action to reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse -yes REFUSE!- the use of plastic products that are produced for entertainment or ease of use, such as the one time use plastic bag. We might also consider pushing forward the use of the bicycles and electric or alternatively fueled vehicles to ease our oil addiction to gasoline.

We've got until June 4 to pass a ban on plastic grocery bags out of the California Assembly.

A ban on plastic bags is one of the biggest single cuts we can make to the plastic pollution that's filling the ocean and marring our beaches. But the bill is under attack by bag manufacturers and others.

Consider the alternatives, make cloth bags a regular part of going to the market, clothing store or hardware store. Think before buying plastics. Think before taking the extra car trip. Think of the Gulf, of the life that we are watching suffocate from this toxic oil spill.

You can make a difference.

Please contact your California Assembly member to pass AB 1998.