To: Kathy Lantry, President, City Council and Chris Coleman, Mayor, Saint Paul
Ban Single Use Plastic Bags in Saint Paul
The City of Saint Paul shall ban Single Use Plastic Bags in an Ordinance similar to the Los Angeles Ordinance adopted on 11/16/10.
Why is this important?
Plastic bags are detrimental to the environment. Sign the petition for your children or grandchildren, who may want to swim in the ocean one day, or eat seafood. Here are the facts:
• About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
• A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
• More than 3.5 million tons of plastic bags, sacks and wraps were discarded in 2008.
• The U.S. goes through 100 billion single-use plastic bags. This costs retailers about $4 billion a year.
• Plastic bags are the second-most common type of ocean refuse, after cigarette butts (2008)
• Plastic bags remain toxic even after they break down.
• Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.
Saint Paul has adopted a ZERO WASTE goal by the year 2020. This Goal cannot be achieved without banning single use plastic bags.
Please Sign Now!
• About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
• A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
• More than 3.5 million tons of plastic bags, sacks and wraps were discarded in 2008.
• The U.S. goes through 100 billion single-use plastic bags. This costs retailers about $4 billion a year.
• Plastic bags are the second-most common type of ocean refuse, after cigarette butts (2008)
• Plastic bags remain toxic even after they break down.
• Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.
Saint Paul has adopted a ZERO WASTE goal by the year 2020. This Goal cannot be achieved without banning single use plastic bags.
Please Sign Now!