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Nov 11 - Baltimore Becomes First East Coast City to Ban Plastic Bags
More and more cities are standing up to Big Plastic. Yesterday (Nov 10) Baltimore’s city council became the first city council on the East Coast to approve such a ban. Like California, the Maryland...
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Nov 17 - Outside Money Attempts to Challenge Widespread Public Support of...
A new piece in the San Francisco Chronicle is highlighting the efforts of out-of-state plastic bag manufacturers to buy their way into California’s democratic processes. Plastic bag manufacturers in...
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Nov 20 - Town of Danville Poised to Adopt Local Plastic Bag Ban
The Town of Danville, CA introduced and unanimously approved a plastic bag ban in all retail stores and restaurants on Tuesday evening. The town, with a population of roughly 42,000, is located in...
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Nov 24 - EU Nations Agree to Reduce Plastic Bag Use by 80%
The European Parliament voted unanimously on Friday to reduce the use of plastic bags throughout the EU by 80 percent over the next ten years. Lawmakers specifically cited ‘plastic soup’ in our...
View ArticleDec 2 - CA vs. Big Plastic Garners Endorsements from 115 Local Elected Officials
California vs Big Plastic, a coalition of which CAW is a part of, now has 115 local elected officials signed on to endorse efforts to protect SB 270 and the monumental ban on single-use plastic bags in...
View ArticleDec 8 - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to Push For Local Bag Ban
Whether or not the plastics industry is successful in delaying the California bag ban until late 2016 under a current referendum attack, it appears that the capital city will still be plastic bag free...
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Dec 9 - Lafayette Bans Plastic Bags, Polystyrene Takeout Containers
Yesterday evening, the Lafayette City Council gave final approval to an ordinance that would reduce two common types of single-use plastic pollution. The council had previously approved the...
View ArticleDec 15 - Supporters of Bag Ban File Complaint with SOS Claiming "Deception"...
Contact: Steven Maviglio, 916-607-8340 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESUPPORTERS OF PLASTIC BAG BAN FILE COMPLAINT WITH SECRETARY OF STATE CLAIMING "DECEPTION" BY REFERENDUM SIGNATURE GATHERERS Numerous...
View ArticleDec 18 - Plastic Bag Companies Surpass $3 Mill Mark in Campaign to Force...
For Immediate Release PLASTIC BAG COMPANIES SURPASS $3 MILLION MARK IN CAMPAIGN TO FORCE REFERENDUM ON PLASTIC BAG BAN 98% of Funds Are From Out of StateSACRAMENTO -- Plastic bag makers have spent...
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SB 270 Press Releases
On September 30, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, making California the first state to enact a law against single-use plastic bags. “This bill is a step in the right direction – it...
View ArticleDec 24 - 12 California Cities Plastic Bag Bans To Go Into Effect in January...
Contact: Mark Murray, Californians Against Waste, 916-443-5422 Plastic Bag Bans Go Into Effect in 12 Cities on January 1, 2015 Possible Vote on Statewide Ban Will Not Affect New Local Bans SACRAMENTO...
View ArticleDec 29 - Statement on Turning in of Signatures by Plastic Bag Industry on SB...
Contact: Mark Murray, 916-443-5422, 916-995-8655For Immediate ReleasePLASTIC BAG BAN SUPPORTERS STATEMENT ON TURNING IN OF SIGNATURES BY PLASTIC BAG INDUSTRY ON SB 270 REFERENDUMSACRAMENTO – Mark...
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Jan 1 - 12 California Cities Plastic Bag Bans To Go Into Effect Today
With the start of a New Year, twelve California cities have bans on single-use plastic bags go into effect in January 2015, joining 138 other jurisdictions in the state with local bans. They include:...
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Jan 27 - Bag Ban Supporters File Complaint with Attorney General on Deceptive...
CAW, as part of the CA vs Big Plastic campaign, filed a complaint with State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris earlier this week. The complaint called for an investigation of signatures collected to...
View ArticleFeb 3 - Plastic Bag Companies Spent Nearly $3.3 Million on Referendum...
Contact: Steven Maviglio, 916-607-8340PLASTIC BAG COMPANIES SPENT NEARLY $3.3 MILLION ON REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN TO REPEAL BAG BAN 97.9% OF FUNDS FROM OUT OF STATE, SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDS...
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Feb 4 - Salinas Mayor Sees New Jobs from Recycling
Salinas television news station KION-TV reports that hundreds of new jobs have been created as a result of increased recycling by farmers along California's central coast, an effort supported by...
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Feb 5 - Residents Support Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban in Huntington Beach...
The Huntingon Beach Independent today published letters from local residents supporting California's statewide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags, billions of which have ended up on our beaches...
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Feb 19 - CAW's Mark Murray Discusses Local Bag Bans with Capitol Public Radio
Capitol Public Radio's Katie Orr recently sat down with Californians Against Waste Executive Director Mark Murray to discuss his work with local governments and community groups throughout California...
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Feb 25 - Roundup of News on the Qualification of Plastic Industry's Referendum
News has spread that out-of-state plastic companies have bought their way onto California's ballot, qualifying a referendum that could overturn the statewide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags....
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Feb 26 - Leading Newspapers Come Out Against Bag Ban Repeal
In addition to yesterday's Sacramento Bee Editorial opposing the plastic industry's referendum on California's ban on single-use plastic bags, similarly opposed editorials are published today in the...
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Mar 2 - Pacific Grove Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags, Residents Applaud
Pacific Grove has joined over 135 California cities and counties that have enacted a local ban on single-use plastic bags. Local residents told televisions KION-TV and KSWH-TV that they think their...
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Mar 3 - Washington Post Shines Light on Plastic Bag Industry, and It Isn't...
The Washington Post is looking at how plastic bag companies in Texas and South Carolina are bullying U.S. states and cities into continuing to use over 100 billion single-use plastic bags a year,...
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Mar 20 - Sacramento City Council to Vote on Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags
The Sacramento City Council will review a proposed ordinance on Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic bags. The Sacramento Bee reports that "Mayor Kevin Johnson has indicated for months that he...
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April 1 - Sacramento Bans Single-use Plastic Bags
The Sacramento Bee reports that the Sacramento City Council has unanimously approved a ban on single-use plastic bags that will begin January 1, 2016.“We applaud Mayor Kevin Johnson and the City...
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April 13 - Anti-Bag Ban Bills Defeated, CAW-Supported Bills Approved in...
The California Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources today voted down two bills that would have weakened California’s landmark statewide ban on single-use plastic bags signed into law by Governor...
View ArticleJun 3 - Huntington Beach Sued for Putting 99 Million Plastic Bags Back Into...
Surfrider Foundation, Orange County Coastkeeper and Californians Against Waste today announced they are taking legal action against the City of Huntington Beach in Superior Court for failing to...
View ArticleJun 11 - Cathedral City Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags
Cathedral City has approved a ban on single-use plastic bags, joining nearby Coachella Valley cities including Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs, Indio and Palm Desert, and over 130 cities and counties...
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