Rhode Island uses hundreds of millions of disposable
plastic grocery bags every year.
Too many of them end up in the Bay - where they can remain for generations, threatening wildlife and littering our state's most treasured places.
Too many of them end up in the Bay - where they can remain for generations, threatening wildlife and littering our state's most treasured places.
Read past the break for an action you can take to prevent this.
Nothing we use for five minutes should pollute the Bay
for our children and grandchildren. Luckily, banning disposable plastic
grocery bags is a simple, effective policy to eliminate this source of pollution.
In the Ocean State, we should lead on this issue.
Now you can sign an online petition to send a message the
Rhode Island Legislature. The petition message says:
Plastic bags are a leading source of trash in
Narragansett Bay and along Rhode Island's coast. Nothing we use for just five
minutes should pollute
the Bay for future generations. I support the
Cimini/Nesselbush bill (H5403/S404) to ban disposable plastic checkout bags in
Rhode Island.
Just go here to add you name to the petition.