Did you know Californians throw away 294 million pounds of plastic bags every year, or 147,000 tons – enough waste to circle the planet over 250 times.
And here what is even more shocking – Consumers pay $18-30 per year annually on the hidden cost of plastic bags in food pricing. That is a spending of over $666 million dollars. ($18 x (current state population) = $666,000,000 total consumer savings)
HOW YOU CAN HELP BAN THE BAG IN CALIFORNIA THIS SUMMER
1. Sign the petition below and send to your friends and family all over California to do the same before Aug. 10th: http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1827
2. Post the link to the petition above on your social networking sites from now until Aug 10th.
3. Ask your business owners to write a letter of support to your local senator. (contact us below to send you a form letter)
4. Contact your local city officials to write letters of support to your local senator.
5. Join us on August 10th in Sacramento with Surfrider and Clean Seas Coalition are planning a Sacramento Lobby Day in the capitol, speaking to Senators about the issue of plastic bags and showing your support from the bill.
6. Take a picture of support of the Bag Ban and post to the Surfrider West LA/Malibu Facebook page. These photos will be used to support the campaign!
7. Plan a ‘Rise Above Plastics Educational Presentation’ to your work, school, church or community group. The presentation is given by volunteers of Surfrider so it’s complimentary. We also have student presenters from Green Ambassadors. Please inquire for more info.
8. Join the Ban the Bag California facebook page.
Come on Californians, let’s be the first U.S. state to get rid of our plastic bags!
For more information, please contact: jschulz@riseaboveplastics.org
