To: The Colorado State House and The Colorado State Senate
Ban Single Use Plastic Bags In Colorado
Single use bags clog our open spaces and fill up the Pacific garbage patch. They clog our drainage systems and harm wildlife and ecosystems. Roughly 12 million barrels of oil are used annually in the US to make single use plastic bags. Banning these bags would help reduce petroleum use and keep our environment clean. Sign this petition! Tell the Colorado legislature and Governor, we want single use bags banned!
Why is this important?
Colorado should be leading the pack, working towards stopping environmental degradation. Banning plastic bags is a good start.
The United States uses about 12 million barrels of oil in plastic bags each year. This endangers our fragile climate and our national security. These bags ultimately wind up as wasted space in our landfills at best, and as pollution in our wildlands at worst -- choking Rocky Mountain wildlife, clogging the Arkansas and Colorado Rivers, and filling up the Pacific garbage patch.
I voted for the ban on plastic bags in California when I lived there.
As a proud Colorado resident, I believe it is time for Colorado to also do the responsible thing! To do what the scientific evidence deems necessary. Ban plastic bags! Stop the unwarranted use of fossil petroleum. Protect our environment! Keep Colorado Beautiful and help keep more plastic from going into our oceans...
Semper Fi
Isaac”IKE”McCorkle
Combat Wounded
USMC RETIRED
The United States uses about 12 million barrels of oil in plastic bags each year. This endangers our fragile climate and our national security. These bags ultimately wind up as wasted space in our landfills at best, and as pollution in our wildlands at worst -- choking Rocky Mountain wildlife, clogging the Arkansas and Colorado Rivers, and filling up the Pacific garbage patch.
I voted for the ban on plastic bags in California when I lived there.
As a proud Colorado resident, I believe it is time for Colorado to also do the responsible thing! To do what the scientific evidence deems necessary. Ban plastic bags! Stop the unwarranted use of fossil petroleum. Protect our environment! Keep Colorado Beautiful and help keep more plastic from going into our oceans...
Semper Fi
Isaac”IKE”McCorkle
Combat Wounded
USMC RETIRED