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19 Billion Bags


California uses 19 billion plastic bags per year. We think 2010 is the year we start doing something about it. Many of these bags end up in the ocean — and they float around for 400 years. We're calling for a ban on plastic bags at the grocery store, to encourage reusable bags.

Join the call. Add your name to this letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger, calling for ban on plastic bags.



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Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,

For decades, billions of pounds of plastic and other trash have been carried by wind and waves into the Pacific. The plastic swirling around in the ocean has formed the Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of trash that’s twice the size of Texas. All this trash is creating an environmental disaster for ocean wildlife: Plastic and other marine trash kill more than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 mammals and sea turtles each year.

Fortunately, there are dozens of ways in which we can stop the flow of plastic pollution into the Pacific. California can lead the way in taking on this sea of plastics. I urge you to take action to ban single-use Styrofoam takeout containers and plastic grocery bags.

Sincerely,

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