We are part of a Bigger Movement!

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~ UNITED STATES:

1. San Francisco, CA Frist City to ban plastic bags April 2007
2. Washington, DC First City to charge for plastic bags Jan 2010
3. Texas First State to ban plastics 2011- Austin, Dallas, Ft. Stockton
4. California First State to charge for plastic bags 2014
5. City of Seattle, WA Straw-less in Seattle Campaign July 2012
6. City of Boulder, CO Zero Waste by 2025. Has Ordinance Title 6, Chs 3 & 12
7. Nantucket, MA Ban retail use of plastic bags 1990
8. Brookline, MA Ban on bags, foam food and beverage containers Dec 2013
9. Concord, MA Ban plastic bags Apr 2015
10. Cambridge, MA Ban single use plastic bags 2016
11. Wellesley, MA Ban single use plastic bags Apr 2016
12. Portland, Maine Ban single use plastic bags Oct 2011
13. Hawaii County Ordinances May 2012, 2015
14. Puerto Rico Ban plastic bags Oct 2015
15. Chicago Ban single use plastic bags 2015
16. Boston, MA Ban single use plastic bags Dec 2018

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~ US CITIES THAT RECYCLE OR REDUCE PLASTICS:

1. Madison Dec 2009
2. Mansfield, MA 2018

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~ COUNTRIES THAT BANNED PLASTIC BAGS:

1. Rwanda First African Country Sept 2008
2. Haiti First Caribbean Island Oct 2012
3. United Kingdom First Country to reduce in 2014 and ban plastics by 2042
4. 6 North American Countries Antigua 2004, Manitoba 2007, Panamá 2017, Beliz 2019
5. 16 African Countries Tanzania 2005, Kenya 2017, Ethiopia, Morocco, Cameroon
6. Netherlands Shopping bags Jan 2016
7. France Produce plastic bags Jan 2017
8. South América Argentina Jan 2017, Bolivia, Brazil 2015
9. Turkey 2018- certain regions
10. Japan Certain regions

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~ COUNTRIES THAT CHARGE OR TAX FOR PLASTIC BAGS:

1. Ireland 2002- 90% reduction in usage after tax
2. Italy, Wales, Scotland 2006, 2011, 2014
3. Hong Kong 2009

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~ COUNTRIES THAT RECYCLE OR REDUCE PLASTICS:

1. Germany First to recycle plastics 1991
   
2. Denmark First to drop plastic bags usage in the millions 1993
   
3. Ontario, Quebec Reduced to half plastic bags usage

Created May 2018 · Wayne Yee Mon www.sustainablewellesley.com

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