The city council officially passed the motion to ban plastic bags in Corner Brook stores. We moved them to act and now we must keep stores accountable as the policy takes effect.
May 24, 2016
Final supporters
About 2 million plastic bags are used every minute around the world (Earth Policy Institute) with approximately only .5%-3% of those being recycled (BBC,CNN). This has severe consequences for our environment as it contributes to the endless amounts of plastic in our oceans, along our beaches, and around our cities and towns. The plastic pollution in our oceans including plastic bags, is responsible for the death of several marine animals (sea turtles, birds, fish, etc.) as they mistake them for food. Plastic bags breakdown in to small fragments and soak up toxins, contaminating our soils, waterways and animals who digest them. We desperately need to reduce the amount of plastic making its way into the natural environment, and one way to do this, is to cut it out at the source and stop using plastic bags.
In August 2015, Fogo Island, NL took a great leap towards a greener community and banned plastic bags in all of its stores. They provided brown paper bags if required, but more ideally, they encouraged their citizens to bring their own reusable bags. Other communities to note who have also done the same in the province are Nain, Postville and Makkovik.
It has recently been seen in the media that councilor Cormier, with the city of Corner Brook is considering a motion that would ban plastic bags at city stores (CBC News NL). Let's get on board and take the step towards a cleaner and greener city and challenge the Corner Brook council to go through with this ban and put an end to plastic bags in the city.
Updates
April 21, 2016
We just hit 500 signatures. Go to the city council website and email your local rep to demand they finish this motion.
Reached 500 supporters
April 19, 2016
March 17, 2016
We just hit 100 signatures to end plastic bags in our stores. Text this link to three friends today and post it to your local Facebook groups so we keep this momentum going.
Reached 100 supporters
March 16, 2016
122 Comments
Great idea that would force people like me to use the dozen reusable bags I keep forgetting about!
This would be an amazing step in the right direction. We need to show the rest of Newfoundland and Canada that we can use better alternatives! With the blow me downs and Gros Morne right nearby this could mean amazing publicity and awareness towards tourists as well.
This would be a step in the right direction. Hopefully more Canadian cities will follow suit. The lack of recycling in Newfoundland and on the west coast is horrible- we need to start doing our part to save the environment.
Plastic bags are a very contemporary & totally unnecessary thing! Unfortunately when given a choice, people choose the easy solution of using the stores disposable plastic bags rather than bringing their own. So happy to lose the option for plastic!
Yes! If Fogo Island can do this, so can we. Just STOP PROVIDING THE BAGS. People will get used to it!!
This is great news, I've been closely following the transition away from plastic film bags at business establishment checkouts in Newfoundland. Yukons jurisidiction did a really great job in directing the subarctic and arctic communities into a more plastic free environment, I am glad y'all are looking to enact a similar ordinance. My only hope is that those so called, "reusable," plastic film and the paper alternatives as well will be banned, too, with the changing consumer perspective. I want the whole of Canada to switch to plastic free plant-based commercially biodegradable tote bags, no cotton junk, I want hemp, sugarcane or other PLA based resins instead. Cotton uses too much water and looking at the crisis in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and California over the reservoir supply shortage, I believe a sustainable future is one without cotton
no more plastic bags!
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The city council officially passed the motion to ban plastic bags in Corner Brook stores. We moved them to act and now we must keep stores accountable as the policy takes effect.
May 24, 2016
Final supporters
About 2 million plastic bags are used every minute around the world (Earth Policy Institute) with approximately only .5%-3% of those being recycled (BBC,CNN). This has severe consequences for our environment as it contributes to the endless amounts of plastic in our oceans, along our beaches, and around our cities and towns. The plastic pollution in our oceans including plastic bags, is responsible for the death of several marine animals (sea turtles, birds, fish, etc.) as they mistake them for food. Plastic bags breakdown in to small fragments and soak up toxins, contaminating our soils, waterways and animals who digest them. We desperately need to reduce the amount of plastic making its way into the natural environment, and one way to do this, is to cut it out at the source and stop using plastic bags.
In August 2015, Fogo Island, NL took a great leap towards a greener community and banned plastic bags in all of its stores. They provided brown paper bags if required, but more ideally, they encouraged their citizens to bring their own reusable bags. Other communities to note who have also done the same in the province are Nain, Postville and Makkovik.
It has recently been seen in the media that councilor Cormier, with the city of Corner Brook is considering a motion that would ban plastic bags at city stores (CBC News NL). Let's get on board and take the step towards a cleaner and greener city and challenge the Corner Brook council to go through with this ban and put an end to plastic bags in the city.
Updates
April 21, 2016
We just hit 500 signatures. Go to the city council website and email your local rep to demand they finish this motion.
Reached 500 supporters
April 19, 2016
March 17, 2016
We just hit 100 signatures to end plastic bags in our stores. Text this link to three friends today and post it to your local Facebook groups so we keep this momentum going.
Reached 100 supporters
March 16, 2016
122 Comments
If you don't think recycling is important for yourself, think of the later generation. I'm a new/first time aunt to a little boy and I want him to be able to enjoy nature the same way I can now when he turns 18.
Great idea that would force people like me to use the dozen reusable bags I keep forgetting about!
This would be an amazing step in the right direction. We need to show the rest of Newfoundland and Canada that we can use better alternatives! With the blow me downs and Gros Morne right nearby this could mean amazing publicity and awareness towards tourists as well.
This would be a step in the right direction. Hopefully more Canadian cities will follow suit. The lack of recycling in Newfoundland and on the west coast is horrible- we need to start doing our part to save the environment.
Plastic bags are a very contemporary & totally unnecessary thing! Unfortunately when given a choice, people choose the easy solution of using the stores disposable plastic bags rather than bringing their own. So happy to lose the option for plastic!
Yes! If Fogo Island can do this, so can we. Just STOP PROVIDING THE BAGS. People will get used to it!!
This is great news, I've been closely following the transition away from plastic film bags at business establishment checkouts in Newfoundland. Yukons jurisidiction did a really great job in directing the subarctic and arctic communities into a more plastic free environment, I am glad y'all are looking to enact a similar ordinance. My only hope is that those so called, "reusable," plastic film and the paper alternatives as well will be banned, too, with the changing consumer perspective. I want the whole of Canada to switch to plastic free plant-based commercially biodegradable tote bags, no cotton junk, I want hemp, sugarcane or other PLA based resins instead. Cotton uses too much water and looking at the crisis in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and California over the reservoir supply shortage, I believe a sustainable future is one without cotton
no more plastic bags!
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If you don't think recycling is important for yourself, think of the later generation. I'm a new/first time aunt to a little boy and I want him to be able to enjoy nature the same way I can now when he turns 18.