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Bring your Own Bag
Published by Alexis Soto on Mar 28, 2007
27 Signatures 
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Target: Los Angeles Local Government
Region: United States of America
Background (Preamble):
In March 2002 the Irish government introduced a PlasTax levy on single-use
plastic carrier bags (including biodegradable ones.) The scheme has been an
extraordinary success, with consumption down by a staggering 95%. Prior
to the introduction of the levy annual carrier bag usage in Ireland stood at
1.2 billion.
On March 27, 2007 San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted to become
the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags from large supermarkets to help
promote recycling. The city's Department of the Environment said San
Francisco uses 181 million plastic grocery bags annually. This ban applies to
shopping bags made from petroleum products and would save 450,000
gallons of oil a year and remove the need to send 1,400 tons of debris now
sent annually to landfills.
There are petitions being signed in for this cause in the United Kingdom and
Scottland as well.
The City of Los Angeles with it's heavy dependance on oil and gas should
make every attempt to lead the way in a greener future by cutting it's
dependance on oil and petroleum products.
plastic carrier bags (including biodegradable ones.) The scheme has been an
extraordinary success, with consumption down by a staggering 95%. Prior
to the introduction of the levy annual carrier bag usage in Ireland stood at
1.2 billion.
On March 27, 2007 San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted to become
the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags from large supermarkets to help
promote recycling. The city's Department of the Environment said San
Francisco uses 181 million plastic grocery bags annually. This ban applies to
shopping bags made from petroleum products and would save 450,000
gallons of oil a year and remove the need to send 1,400 tons of debris now
sent annually to landfills.
There are petitions being signed in for this cause in the United Kingdom and
Scottland as well.
The City of Los Angeles with it's heavy dependance on oil and gas should
make every attempt to lead the way in a greener future by cutting it's
dependance on oil and petroleum products.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call on the local government of Los Angeles to
introduce a ban on all single-use plastic carrier bags made from petroleum
products within all large scale supermarkets and retail outlets in the county.
introduce a ban on all single-use plastic carrier bags made from petroleum
products within all large scale supermarkets and retail outlets in the county.
The Bring your Own Bag petition to Los Angeles Local Government was written by Alexis Soto and is in the category Local Government at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: plastic bags, recycle, los angeles, ban, supermarket, retail outlet, plastic, single-use
