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Great Pacific Cleanup

Plastic bags for dinner?
To a sea turtle, a plastic bag floating in the ocean looks a lot like dinner: a jellyfish, to be precise. That’s why the plastic bags that find their way into the Pacific pose an often fatal risk to wildlife.

Let’s switch to reusable bags. Join our campaign to call on the governor to ban plastic bags in California.

The Pacific Garbage Patch has grown to be twice the size of Texas. Unless California does something about our plastic trash it will only get worse. Something we use for 5 minutes shouldn’t last 500 years.

How can we take on a problem twice the size of Texas?

  • We’re gathering 30,000 postcards calling on the governor to support a statewide ban on plastic bags. Haven’t signed yet? Do it here.
  • Does your business want to join others around the state to refute that a bag ban is bad for business? Sign our letter of support.
  • Keep up to date through our weekly video updates.
  • Follow report releases, media coverage of the campaign and more through our Facebook page.

We're pushing to ban plastic shopping bags in California, which are a huge part of the problem. The State Assembly passed our bill to ban plastic shopping bags on June 2! This is great news, and we're now working to build support in the Senate.

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