Mr. Wasteful in the Single-Use World

"Around 100 billion petroleum-based plastic checkout bags are used each year in the United States, requiring an estimated 12 million barrels of oil each year. A ban on plastic bags would help preserve the integrity of our local ecosystems, reduce the burden on landfills, and cut back litter within the city premises.

For these and other reasons, Save Our Shores supports a ban on single-use plastic bags for cities surrounding the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Such an ordinance is needed to prevent plastic pollution, save money, and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Many other cities have taken similar action recently including San Francisco and Oakland which both recently passed bans on plastic bags.

There are many alternatives out there, such as reusable cloth bags, bags made from recycled products, bags made from starches, biodegradable polymer and other renewable resources. Save Our Shores feels strongly that alternatives should be reusable alternatives as other single-use bags like paper cause significant environmental impacts of their own."

http://saveourshores.org/what-we-do/ocean-awareness-initiative/plastic-bag-bans



Created by Craig Draeger and Luke McEachern.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• Craig Draeger
• Luke McEachern
• Paribus Films
• Plastic Bags
• Ban Plastic Bags
• Environmentalism
• Save Our Shores
• saveourshores.org

[teholether]

very well done, but keep in mind that plastic bags can be made re-usable; just think about LCBO bags and how strong those are.

my point: plastic isn't necessarily the enemy, it's the disposable nature of paper-thin bags.

[hatemeproductions]

I dig the subtlety. This is a very good PSA