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October 12, 2007

Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in Vancouver!

Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in Vancouver!

🏆 Won — 211 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 1 month ago
To: Vancouver City Council We the undersigned wish for the City of Vancouver to introduce legislature for a tax of $0.15 on disposable, single-use plastic bags. Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide, causing serious threats to the environment. We believe that the introduction of a tax on plastic bags will help create a foundation for consumer environmental responsibility and market-based solutions to environmental problems.

Updates

July 18, 2007

The momentum behind this is incredible. City Hall is definitely taking notice.

July 18, 2007

The feedback from our community has been eye-opening. I am currently reaching out to local representatives to push this proposal forward.

Reached 100 supporters

July 18, 2007

6 Comments

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Julie Owczarek
9 years ago Featured

Plastic bags cause so much damage to our environment , oceans and marine life that it's unbelievable that in this day and age we continue to use this product which can easily be replaced. I think the majority of people want change and policy makers are very slow to respond. All scientists agree things need to change in order to stop global warming. Vancouver as a coastal city should be the leader in bringing this change about to ensure a better furniture for generations to come. We all have a social responsibility to protect our oceans and environment which is critical to our survival.

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Jessica Bryant
19 years ago Featured

I see these things everywhere on the beach its gross. lets get rid of them.

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Elena Nguyen
19 years ago Featured

finally. other cities have been doing this for years so why are we so far behind?

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Mark Greer
19 years ago Featured

15 cents is nothing. lets just ban them entirely already.

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Sarah Mills
19 years ago Featured

its about time vancouver did something about all the bags in the ocean. so tired of seeing them stuck in trees around the city.

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David Garcia
19 years ago Featured

PLASTIC IS DESTROYING EVERYTHING. DO IT NOW.

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