Durango, It’s Time to Say No to Plastic Bags!
Published January 1, 2012 | 
The Durango Bag It! campaign is a grassroots effort by local residents to promote sustainability by passing a ban on single-use plastic checkout bags in the beautiful town of Durango, Colorado!
Our mission is to promote reusable bags and remove single-use plastic bags from our community. To this end, we are raising awareness about the detrimental effects that plastic bags have on our environment and city infrastructure. We also attempt to build partnerships with local businesses and work with the Durango City Council in order to reach a positive solution to the problems that plastic bags cause.
What can you do to help? It’s easy to make a difference!
- Sign our petition! Your support matters.
- Bring your own reusable bags every time you shop – say no to plastic bags!
- Tell others! Write letters to the editor, communicate with your city council members, and tell your friends!
- E-mail us if you have questions about how you can get more involved!
Sign our SignOn.org Petition!
If we get 50 signatures, the petition will be forwarded broadly to all MoveOn.org members in the area.
Help us spread the word!
Durango City Council
Established a Task Force
Published January 21, 2012 | The Durango City Council has, as a result of the Durango Bag It campaign, established a task force made of up citizens and city staff to look at the details of a city ordinance to ban single use plastic bags. As we move through this process, there are a number of things you can do to help City Council make the "right" decision around ridding SW Colorado of plastic bags and help move our community towards more responsible consumption.
Plastic Bags: Environmentally Harmful and Completely Unnecessary
Published January 4, 2012 | According to the EPA, between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Americans alone throw away over 100 billion bags a year.
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