To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Governor Brown: Sign SB 270 Today
An estimated 10 billion single use bags are used annually in California alone and almost all of them end up in our Oceans. Gov. Brown has a bill sitting on his desk to ban plastic bags throughout California, but rumor has it that he's on the fence. Sign this petition to tell Gov Brown to protect our Oceans and ban plastic bags.
Why is this important?
SB 270 will greatly reduce the harmful impacts caused by plastic bags. It's on Governor Brown's desk and awaiting his signature.
-An estimated 10 billion single use bags are used annually in California alone;
-Up to $107 million is spent annually to curb pollution associated with plastic bags;
-Southern California cities spent more than $1.7 billion to meet Total Maximum Daily Load for trashed waterways; and
-Plastic bags have adversely impacted California's $40 billion ocean industry, with grave impacts to over 267 critical species including birds and fish
Plastic bags are wasteful, bad for the environment and bad for the economy.
-An estimated 10 billion single use bags are used annually in California alone;
-Up to $107 million is spent annually to curb pollution associated with plastic bags;
-Southern California cities spent more than $1.7 billion to meet Total Maximum Daily Load for trashed waterways; and
-Plastic bags have adversely impacted California's $40 billion ocean industry, with grave impacts to over 267 critical species including birds and fish
Plastic bags are wasteful, bad for the environment and bad for the economy.