Banning Plastic Bags -- Resources?

Mon, 2008-03-03 15:16 — soultime

I'm trying to find some information about plastic bans both in the USA and abroad -- while I've found plenty of articles (and blogs that link to said articles), I haven't been able to find a resource that has cold, hard facts about where bags are banned, restricted, taxed, etc., and what the results have been, and the processes that led up to the restrictions, etc. So -- if anyone can post something along these lines, that would be just fantastic. Thanks so much!

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laurel
March 13th, 2008

New article on the issue

While this article doesn't have exactly the answers you're looking for, it does talk about the strategies that the industry uses to combat such measures. I also suspect the reporter might be able to help - her contact info is on the page there.

-laurel

DavidM
March 3rd, 2008

Hi Soultime, Thanks for

Hi Soultime,

Thanks for posting. I'm trying to get Phyllis S. on here to answer some of your questions, as she's working on this issue locally.

In the meantime, check out these links:

Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance, San Francisco - commentary by Jan Lundberg at Culturechange.org:

http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&...

City of San Francisco, Dept. of the Environment:

sfgov.org/site/mainpages_index.asp?id=13868

Community Environmental Council, Santa Barbara:

communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/

DVD "Our Synthetic Sea" from Algalita Marine Research Foundation can be obtained via their website:

algalita.org

Campaign Against the Plastic Plague/Earth Resource Foundation:

earthresource.org

War on Plastic (Culture Change Letter #82):

culturechange.org/e-letter-plastics.html

Bisphenol-A, the endocrine disrupter in plastics you ingest, is exposed
in yet another new scientific report getting into the mainstream press:
"Study: Canned food has toxic chemical Pregnant women, infants at risk"
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nj.com/news/ledger

DavidM
March 22nd, 2008

Plastic disaster breaks

Plastic disaster breaks through to mainstream
Written by Jan Lundberg

Culture Change Letter #180, March 22, 2008

Our country is at a pivotal point in public health policy as it relates to our petroleum lifestyle. The implications cover consumerism's dead(ly) end and the demise of cheap energy from fossil fuels.

Bisphenol-A is the basic component of hard plastics that include baby bottles, linings of food cans, sealants for jars and bottles, and other well-known products that modern people have become dependent on. After several years of news stories about scientific studies and a few legislative attempts to ban or regulate bisphenol-A and other poisonous plastics, a scandal has just emerged involving U.S. government favoritism for corporate perpetrators.

Plastics such as bisphenol-A cause breast cancer, testicular cancer, diabetes, obesity, and birth defects -- although the evidence is often argued to apply so far only to laboratory animals. Other common plastics posing great danger include phthalates (softeners) and PVC (for piping, flooring, containers, etc.). ..
http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1...

soultime
March 3rd, 2008

links

Thanks, David -- I'll check 'em out.

Tal

Shelby Tay
March 3rd, 2008

Re: plastic bags reduction

Hey David and Soultime,

Carbondale Economic Localization (http://cel.relocalize.net) in Colorado is also working on a ban plastic bags campaign.
check out http://www.relocalize.net/plastic_bags_project for info.

cheers,

shelby

soultime
March 3rd, 2008

plastic

Thanks, Shelby -- that's very helpful -- would be great to put that all together in a wiki somewhere...?

Tal

lynallen
March 3rd, 2008

Bellingham Ban on Plastic Bags

Bellingham Ban on (Plastic) Bags

I think we should start or if it's already started, join in with that project here! SB could help promote it.
Lynnette

soultime
March 4th, 2008

bag ban

Hi Lynnette -- I think Phyllis is meeting with some folks on Weds -- I was trying to help her with a little research -- and haven't found a great resource yet. But there are lots of links collected around!
Tal

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