Hi everyone,
I am a graduate student in the MS/MPP program in conservation biology and environmental policy at the University of Maryland and am working on developing a campaign to reduce plastic bag use at the grocery store and instead encourage people to use reusable bags. If anyone has any information on other campaigns that have addressed topic, could you please send it my way?
Thanks so much,
Jenny Kane
Reusable Bag Campaigns?
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Heal the Bay in Los Angeles County, CA is running a campaign for a ban on plastic grocery bags, this included a petition on Care2.com..
Heal the Bay - www.healthebay.org
Petition - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Ban-Plastic-Bags-4-LA-County
They've gotten over 3,000 signatures to the petition.
Eric Rardin
Nonprofit Services Director
Care2.com
1100 15th St. NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Office: 202.465.3777 ext. 9104
Direct: 202.785.7305
Cell: 703.473.2825
[email protected]
Hi Jennifer
The San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program had an award winning reusable bag program in 2006. Here is the link to the website http://www.flowstobay.org/resources/coastalcleanup.html
You can contact the current program coordinator for more information.
Susan Hiestand
San Jose International Airport
Facilities and Engineering
1732 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112-4538
(408) 277-5356
Reusable Bag Campaigns?Hi Jennifer The Lincoln Envirotown Trust delivered reusable bags to every household in our small town, with a message about reducing waste inside, it was promoted in the local supermarket with prizes for people bringing reusable bags. A pic of the bag should be on our web site (below)
best wishes
Sue
Dr Sue Jarvis
Chair Lincoln Envirotown Trust
694 Gould's Road RD4
Christchurch 7674
New Zealand
phone: 03 329 5858
www.lincolnenvirotown.org.nz
There is a documentary of this topic that was telecast on the CBC. It is now offered for viewing directly from your browser.
The Battle of the Bag
Planet Ark has been running a successful plastic bag reduction campaign since 2003, which has seen plastic checkout bag use in Australia fall by more than 1/3. http://www.planetark.com/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/7/story.htm
Rebecca Gilling
A/V Projects Manager
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation
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The Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority uses a pledge and info sheet, distributed with our cloth bags http://www.urecycle.org/files/misc/JPA_ShoppingBagInsert.pdf
We also are introducing a take back every bag message, including cable TV ads, that you can link from What's New on the homepage http://www.urecycle.org/index.php