#banthebag: mayors ask people to write mhas about banning plastic bags

A group of community leaders want people to join in and try to get the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to ban singles --
Use plastic shopping bags.
City of Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL)
Thursday was the day to take action on the issue, and I asked people to take photos of the discarded plastic bags they saw in towns and neighbors and send them to government members.
Karen Oldford, president of MNL, told St. , \"send them photos of plastic bags in your environment, what you see every day . \"
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\"Let\'s really try to mobilize the ban on singles.
It\'s really just a convenience to use plastic bags, which is not necessary.
\"Oldford says it should not be difficult for people to find plastic bags somewhere near where they live, and they should use the label banthebag by email or social media toMinister eddijoyce or Perry Trimper minister.
The government did agree before to set up a technical committee for plastic bags, but Oldford said it is time to achieve this because it is a relatively simple way to improve the conditions in the land and marine areas of the province.
\"We think this is a fairly simple fix for our environment,\" she said . \".
\"The only way you can eat this elephant is to take a bite at a time --
So we think the quickest way to solve this problem is to ban single peopleUse plastic bags.
\"The Canadian Federation of Independent commerce, which represents 2,000 businesses in the province, previously said the government banned single
Plastic bags will be too heavy-
Handed and other options should be considered first.
However, the successful ban on plastic bags on Fogo Island two years ago, Oldford said, shows that this can be done with proper vision and participation.
Behavioral change says all it needs is a shopper\'s behavior, giving the business community enough time to plan so they don\'t leave thousands of plastic bags on the day the ban comes into effect.
She takes toCostco as an example because it doesn\'t provide plastic bags to customers and people continue shopping there. \"[Plastic bags]
\"We \'ve been sticking to our 70 s and we can certainly replace them with reusable bags,\" she said . \".
Oldford said that solving the plastic bag problem is a problem that needs to be solved now, because she often hears fishermen and hunters in the province discover plastic, not only in the environment, but also in the animals they hunt, the animals were then consumed.
\"The research we see elsewhere-other countries-is very effective.
We can do this by just biting our teeth . \"
\"This creates real environmental pollution, because it takes thousands of years to completely break down these pollution.