Plastic bags

Faith — With Earth Day less than two weeks away, Theresa is hoping that Target will take a bold step to protect the environment. She started this petition for Target to join national grocery chains like Costco and Aldi and stop using single-use plastic bags. More than 110,000 have signed, but she needs your support today to take as many signatures as possible directly to Target’s headquarters. Target, Stop Filling the World with Plastic Bags! Petition by Customers Who Care United States 141,347 Supporters Sign now with a click We, Target customers, ask Target to eliminate plastic bags. We understand this won’t be convenient to us, but it is time to act. For those of us who also shop at Costco or IKEA, we know we can survive without plastic bags.  2 million single-use plastic bags are consumed every minute. These bags often wind up in waterways and our landscape, degrading water and soil as they break down into tiny toxic bits. These bags have a massive carbon footprint.  Switching to paper won’t help. The carbon footprint of paper bags is even bigger. Paper production uses trees that could instead be absorbing carbon dioxide, releases more greenhouse gases, takes 3 times the amount of water, and results in 50 times more water pollutants. Paper bags do not breakdown faster in a landfill and take more space.  If Target provides bags for purchase, we ask it to charge a meaningful amount because this approach works. Plastic bag use fell by 90% in Ireland following a plastic bag tax of 37 cents. In Australia, 2 major retailers led by eliminating plastic bags in their stores and the country reduced plastic bag use by 80% in 3 months. In Los Angeles county, a plastic bag ban with a charge on paper bags reduced single bag use by 95%. Target's current 5 cent discount for those bringing bags does not meaningfully curb Target's plastic bag consumption.  We want Target to act swiftly. Target's plastic bags are choking the earth.  Sign now with a click Visit petition page Change.org is proudly funded by people like you, Faith. As a public benefit company, we rely on the contributions of ordinary people. Each contribution we receive means our small team right here in the U.S. can help people who start petitions win their campaigns. We believe in the voice of the people – that’s why we built a platform that is 100% independent and available for everyone to create the change they want to see. Learn how you can support critical petitions by becoming a Change.org Member. Want to change something? Start a petition The person (or organization) who started this petition is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create this petition and is not responsible for the petition content. Unsubscribe from emails like this Unsubscribe from all Change.org emails Manage your email preferences  ·  Privacy policy This email was sent by Change.org to faith.wgt.beagle@blogger.com, because you registered as a Change.org user on 11/21/2018. We'd love to hear from you! Send us feedback or contact us through our help center. Change.org  ·  548 Market St #29993, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA