To reduce waste, Target should phase out plastic bags
To eliminate plastic waste, we need retailers like Target to do their part by phasing out plastic bags.
To spare birds, fish and other wildlife from the harm caused by plastic pollution, we’re raising our voices for a world with less single-use plastic products.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, or the headlines about whales washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic. With so much plastic pollution floating in the ocean, it’s too easy for wildlife to mistake it for food — and too often, they pay the price with their lives. The good news is that more people, communities, states and companies are moving away from the single-use plastics we don’t even need. Because after all, nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years.
To eliminate plastic waste, we need retailers like Target to do their part by phasing out plastic bags.
A recent report found that state- and city-wide bans successfully reduce plastic bag use and associated litter and pollution.
HJ35 from Delegate Krizek directs the Department of Taxation, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality, to study tax policy options for reforming the litter tax.
HB 228 will prohibit manufactures from using the chasing arrows recycling symbol on products unless it is actually recyclable in that locality or region. The bill will also require Virginia to compile a list of recyclable materials in the Commonwealth.
Environment Virginia supports HB 33 from Delegate Clark which would study microplastics in Virginian's drinking water.