rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/eliminate-checkout-bag-pollution-in-new-york-state-for-2019?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-eliminate-checkout-bag-pollution-in-new-york-state-for-2019' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> All Our Energy https://actionnetwork.org/groups/all-our-energy-communications https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/158/450/original/flying_bags.PNG Subject: Sign the petition! Governor Andrew Cuomo, NYS Senate Leaders, NYS Assembly Leaders: Eliminate checkout bag pollution in New York State for 2019 Body: Friend, Say "I Love NY"- let’s stop polluting it with 23 billion needless checkout bags every year! Can you join me and help eliminate them from going into our environment?? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/eliminate-checkout-bag-pollution-in-new-york-state-for-2019?source=email& The Governors' proposed bag ban on only ultra thin plastic is too weak and only applies at a small percentage of retailers in New York. A strong ban and fee are better. Both together that apply to all checkout bags at all checkout locations will eliminate billions of checkout bags from becoming waste in our State every year. Just Bring Your Own Bag New York! We Got This! A ban on thin "single use" plastic bags alone has not worked elsewhere, so why try it here? That simply shifts everyone to heavier plastic bags, making MORE plastic waste. Without a mandatory minimum fee on all others, we switch to paper, which is nearly as bad as plastic for the environment and increases prices of goods to everyone to pay for it. The waste-free, economic, environmentally friendly option is to BYO Bag! Reusable bags are the answer. Put it all together, a strong ban, an easy fee, that applies to all and we can have a cultural shift that cleans up our state's open spaces, waterways, and landmarks while bringing New York together as an environmental leader. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/eliminate-checkout-bag-pollution-in-new-york-state-for-2019