Single Use Bag Reduction Act

California Drops the Ball on Plastic Bag Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Plastic Pollution, AB 1998, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, The American Chemistry Council, California Plastic Bag Ban, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Why is it that the average American hasn't yet come to associate single-use plastic bags with the terrible environmental and economic toll these bags exact?

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Lawmaker Blasts Plastics Trade Association for Falsities

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single-Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, AB 1998, Acc, Plastic Pollution, Plastic Bags, The American Chemistry Council, Julia Brownley, Los Angeles News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

The author of the Single-Use Bag Reduction Act delivered a blistering expose of the false figures being used by the plastics industry trade association, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), to oppose her bill.

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25-Foot Turtle Stumps for Plastic Bag Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 1998, Pacific Leatherback Turtles, Environment California, Sea Turtles, Plastic Pollution, The Surfrider Foundation, Single-Use-Plastics, Heal the Bay, Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Charles Moore, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Calcoast, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

If The Single-Use Bag Reduction Act passed, California would be the first state in America to prohibit single-use plastic bags in grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies.

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Don't Feed Plastic Bag Monsters: Pass California Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic, Single-Use Plastic, AB 1998, Monster, Plastic Bags, Chico Bags, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Collectively, Californians use 19 billion single-use plastic bags annually. Used but briefly, these bags have long-term consequences for California.

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