EU AGREEMENT TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS Success In Europe Inspiration for Florida - Take Further Action Below! . Article excerpt: Ireland reduced its plastic bags in 2002 by 95% with a simple 30 cent charge per plastic bag. Hawaii outlawed plastic bags. California will introduce a plastic bag fee. Over 130 US cities have a ban on plastic bags. China outlawed most plastic bags. Whole Foods, Burger King, McDonald and Trader Joe’s ban Plastic Bags. Please sign our petition to overturn current Florida law that prohibits local governments from enacting bans on plastic bags. Friedemann Buschbeck, Tampa Green Party of Hillsborough County . Article excerpt: Take Further Action Toward Banning Plastic Bags! In addition to signing the petition please consider sending the following example letter or your own letter to members of the Florida Senate Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation as well as to your own Florida state senator using the convenient links provided below. . Article excerpt: “Single-use plastic bags are a scourge, and reducing their usage across the EU is common sense. Like most pollution issues, plastic bag waste does not stop at borders. Addressing this issue at a European level will have a drastic effect on both local environments, and on our addiction to oil. If we look at Ireland, the first country in the world to tax the use of plastic bags, their usage was reduced by 90%, and 18,000,000 litres of oil were saved due to reduced production. A Europe-wide reduction in usage will have a exponential affect. alachuagreens.weebly/news--opinion/eu-agreement-to-drastically-reduce-use-of-plastic-bags
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