Ban Plastic Bags in Buffalo, NY

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    The Honorable Byron Brown, Mayor
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Buffalo has the opportunity to join progressive cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore, Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., Santa Monica, Calif., and Steamboat Springs, Colo. in banning plastic grocery store bags that are distributed with limited thought for the environment.

Every five seconds, Americans use 60,000 of these petroleum-based bags, which take 1,000 years to biodegrade, and since the national average of recycling these is 1\%, there is a ton of waste ending up in landfills and massive amounts of oil being used.

With a push from your office, we can convince local stores like Wegmans and Tops to do the right thing by banning the plastic alternative and encourage reusable bags, saving 1,000's of gallons of oil to manufacture plastic bags.

33 Signatures

  • Charlie Riley
    • Comments
    • Comments
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14216
  • Chris Cochrane
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14094
  • Ethan Cox
    • Comments
    • the sooner, the better
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14209
  • Christa Seychew
    • City
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 14209
  • Cory Loudenslager
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14203
  • Jill Simme
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14216
  • jessica mang-morris
    • Comments
    • please ban plastic bags
    • City
    • tonawanda
    • Zip Code
    • 14150
  • steve soroka
    • City
    • buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14222
  • Anthony Feuerstein
    • Comments
    • It would be a small investment for all of life to purchase a re-usable grocery bag.
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14225
  • Amanda Twentyfive
    • City
    • West Seneca
    • Zip Code
    • 14224
  • Jenn Nicken
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14223
  • melissa
    • City
    • Tonawanda
    • Zip Code
    • 14223
  • Kate Rogers
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14222
  • William DeFreis
    • Comments
    • Plastic bags are all over Buffalo. They're horrible for the environment and depressing for the city when the bags are stuck in trees and bushes.
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14213
  • Cara Ann
    • Comments
    • I just really hate seeing them everywhere...
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14213
  • Ryan Connolly
    • City
    • Kenmore
    • Zip Code
    • 14223
  • April Dundon
    • City
    • lancaster
    • Zip Code
    • 14086
  • Jeff Miodonski
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14214
  • Jennifer Henry
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14209
  • Mike Gluck
    • City
    • Amherst
    • Zip Code
    • 14221
  • Kevin Cosbey
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14222
  • Ed Buffalo
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14086
  • Courtney Southern Zahm
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14204
  • Ann Mestrovich
    • City
    • Orchard Park
    • Zip Code
    • 14127
  • kathleen sorce
    • City
    • buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14214
  • W. Laird Robertson
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14201
  • Kelly Gilcrist
    • City
    • Boston
    • Zip Code
    • 14025
  • Sara Mejak
    • Comments
    • These things are despicable and should not be in use anywhere.
    • City
    • Cheektowaga
    • Zip Code
    • 14227
  • Andrew Carducci
    • Comments
    • Plastic water bottles too!!
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14222
  • Jess Ezzo
    • City
    • Buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14222
  • brendan lucey
    • City
    • williamsville
    • Zip Code
    • 14221
  • Krystina Root
    • City
    • buffalo
    • Zip Code
    • 14206
  • Amber Thorpe
    • Comments
    • This is very important and I think everyone in the state of NY should sign this.
    • City
    • Rockaway
    • Zip Code
    • 07866