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reasonsforhope · 3 months

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"After a year of the statewide fee on single-use plastic bags, the Eco-Cycle recycling center in Boulder estimates between 1.5 billion and 1.8 billion fewer plastic bags were used in Colorado in 2023.

The center anticipates a greater reduction in use in 2024 as businesses phase out the use of single-use plastic bags in most cases.

Eco-Cycle calculated its estimate by taking the number of plastic bags each American uses per year on average — 365, according to National Geographic— and factoring Colorado’s population, along with reduction estimates from several local communities.

Randy Moorman, Eco-Cycle’s director of policy and community campaigns, said the reduction is crucial because single-use plastic bags are the number one contaminant found in Colorado’s rivers and streams. They also are not able to be fully recycled and instead have to be “down-cycled” into other products...

Businesses in Colorado have until June to use whatever single-use plastic bags they already have while still collecting the 10-cent fee. The collected fees are divided between the business and the local government to fund green initiatives. Denver, for example, has collected $5 million for its special revenue fund since its fee was implemented in 2021.

Becky Goyton, an education coordinator with Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency, said the money has funded many environmental initiatives, including the purchase of reusable bags for residents and sustainable products for small businesses. Unlike most budgetary matters, Goyton celebrates the decline in revenue to the fund.

“Having some revenue to do some great projects and reinvest in the community is wonderful, but it’s not our goal,” Goyton said. “Our goal is to see that fee go down and that revenue go down because that means more people are bringing their own bag and less disposable bags are being put out into the community.”

In addition to single-use plastic bags, Colorado businesses are also required to phase out Styrofoam containers this year. Like with plastic bags, businesses are permitted to use already-purchased Styrofoam products but cannot obtain any more."

-via ABC Denver7, January 11, 2024

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And further progress just kicked in at the beginning of this year:

"[On January 1, 2024], the next phase of Colorado's plastic bag ban takes effect. The next step for HB21-1162 is that stores will no longer have plastic bags at all. They will only offer recyclable paper bags which will still be 10 cents each. Stores that already have stock of plastic bags already, can use those up before making the transition...

Businesses that don't comply can face up to $500 in fines for a second violation and up to $1,000 in fines for a third and subsequent violation."

-via ABC Denver 7, December 25, 2023

#colorado #denver #united states #plastic bags #plastic bag ban #styrofoam #environmentalism #litter #pollution #local government #us politics #good news #hope #environment #sustainability

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incendavery · 2 years

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✨🌈rainbow capitalism🌈✨

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#artists on tumblr #pride #trans pride #queer pride #gay art #lesbian #trans #ace #bi #plastic bags #davedrawsstuff #art that isn't corvids #image description in alt text

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wachinyeya · 3 months

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#colorado #good news #environmentalism #environment #plastic #plastic pollution #plastic bags #single use plastics #pollution #usa

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theknucklehead · 29 days

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I randomly came across this scene from the anime "Hitori Bocchi"

And immediately all I could think of was poor Libby getting attacked by plastic bags.

Majority of clips from the episode "The Lucky Penny".

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #libby stein torres #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #disney #hitori bocchi no marumaru seikatsu #aru honsho #nako sunao #anime #plastic bags #bad luck

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lionfloss · 1 year

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#photography #art #flash photography #blue #blue glow #sky #skies #clouds #wires #barbed wire #plastic bags #curators on tumblr

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teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps · 3 months

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stabby-apologist · 7 months

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I made a dark joke about using the white trash bags to put it over my head so I can end my suffering; this new fella that I was training thought I meant I want us to dress up as ghosts for Halloween. Untouched by trauma, that one.

#dark humor #plastic bags #work #tw sui ideation #halloween #ghosts #coworkers #so precious

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wobblefloss · 4 months

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1. I have used all the plastic bags from the 'bag of bags' and have nothing to scoop poop into.

2. Pharmacy Chain place today was like, "starting Jan 1, we will start charging for bags."

3. Their self check out was unmanned.

4. I bought a KitKat and stole all the available bags off their bagging area.

I am now a criminal, but I did it all for her: