Featured Articles

E.U. Proposes Ban on Some Plastic Items to Reduce Marine Pollution - NYT - May 28, 2018

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By Milan Schreuer

6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong - New York Times - May 29, 2018

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By Livia Albeck-Ripka

Local Initiatives

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Westchester Reusable Bag Initiative

New Castle Reusable Bag Initiative

Rye Sustainability

Breaking Plastic News

Recycling in CT

What's In What's Out

WRAP take your plastic wraps to a Greenwich location near you

CT Solid Waste Composition Study 2010

Recycling is NOT Enough

Recycling chaos in US as China bans "Foreign Waste"

Plastic is everywhere and recycling is not the end of it

We suck at recycling plastic straws maybe we should ban them

Plastic Bag Bans

The Greenwich Reusable Checkout Bag Ordinance 

The Bahamas to Ban Plastic Bags

Boston Mayor Signs Plastic Bag Ban Into Law

193 UN Countries Have Signed a Pledge to Reduce Plastic Pollution

Kenya Plastic Bag Ban

Vineyard mostly plastic bag free 2017

Cambridge: Bring Your Own Bag- Video

5 Kick A Plastic Bans From Across the World

Biggest Stores Brace for Plastic Bans

Industry View: What the CA PBB Means For Grocers 

Current

Gov. Cuomo Considering State Plastic Bag Ban

Myth vs. Facts Regarding Single Use Bag Ban and Fees

China Says Enough is Enough

A Third of Coral Reefs Entangled in Plastic

How Plastic is Damaging Planet Earth

How the New Yorker Struck Gold with Reusable Bag Promo

12 Sustainable Alts to Plastic Bags

How to Clean Reusable Bags

Monterey County Health Department 

Good Housekeeping

American Cleaning Institute

Whole Foods

Talk about Greenwich Reusable Checkout Bag Initiative

No more plastic bags January 2018

Ditch the plastic January 2018

BYOGreenwich invites town to see BagIt January 2018

BYOGreenwich Attends Greenwich PoCD Meetings

RCBI Ordinance needs some work September 2017

Reduce bags in Greenwich July 2017

Greenwich considers bag ban July 2017

Plastic bag ban gets nod from town selectmen July 2017

What's the World Doing?

Is your recycling being incinerated?

The Queen declares war on plastic

Bahamas Plastic Movement

Plastic Bag Regulations Worldwide

Plastic Bag Laws

Two Teens Change Bali - Get Inspired

Social Injustice of Plastic 


Resources

Financial Impact

Carryout Bag Policies Bans & Fees

Equinox Study

The Case for Rethinking Plastics

Human Health Impact

Adverse Health Effects of Plastic

Impact of plastics on Human Health Studies

Toxicological Threats of Plastic 

Waste Incineration


Environmental Impact

LACounty EIR

Marin County EIR Cost Estimation

SanDiego EIR

Whale Dies Malnourished & Emaciated

Austin Resource Recovery

Non-Profits

5Gyres

Mission Blue

Plastic Pollution Coalition 

Surfrider 


FAQs

Alameda Reusable Bag Ordinance

Cal Carry Out Bag Ban 

Eugene BYB Retail & Shopper FAQs

Maui County

City of Napa Plastic Bag Ordinance

Texas Campaign for the Environment

Thurston County Washington

EPA Confronting Plastic Bag Pollution

Plastic Pollution

End Plastic Pollution Earth Day 2018 Toolkit

Facts and Figures - Beachapedia

What's the problem with plastic bags?

7 Insane Facts about Plastic Bags

Plastic Pollution in the Caribbean 

BYOGreenwich RTM Presented Materials

January 10 & 11, 2018

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RTM Handout (pdf)

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BagIt Movie Handout (pdf)

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Ballot Question 2 - Public Lands (pdf)

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