Ban the Bag! What you can do!

Did you know  Californians throw away 294,000,000 pounds of plastic bags every year, or 147,000 tons – enough waste to circle the planet over 250 times.

Surfrider, Heal the Bay, Environment California, Clean Seas Coalition and many other groups are working hard this summer to to pass  bag ban bill AB 1998 in California! The final vote will take place in mid-August by your California Senators.

HOW YOU CAN HELP BAN THE BAG IN CALIFORNIA THIS SUMMER

1. Sign the petition below and send to your friends and family all over California to do the same before Aug. 10th: http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1827

2.  Post the link to the petition above on your social networking sites from now until Aug 10th.

3.  Ask your business owners to write a letter of support to your local senator. (contact us below to send you a form letter)

4.  Contact your local city officials to write letters of support to your local senator.  Use the link below to find out who your senator is!

http://192.234.213.69/smapsearch/framepage.asp

5.  Join us on August 10th in Sacramento with Surfrider and Clean Seas Coalition are planning a Sacramento Lobby Day in the capitol, speaking to Senators about the issue of plastic bags and showing your support from the bill.

6. Take a picture of support of the Bag Ban and post to the Surfrider West LA/Malibu Facebook page. These photos will be used to support the campaign!

7.  Plan a ‘Rise Above Plastics Educational Presentation’ to your work, school, church or community group. The presentation is given by volunteers of Surfrider so it’s complimentary. We also have student presenters from Green Ambassadors. Please inquire for more info.

For more information, please contact: jschulz@riseaboveplastics.org