About the Campaign
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Why are plastic bags bad for the bay?
Plastic bags pollute our waters, smother wetlands and entangle and kill animals. In fact, approximately one million plastic bags pollute San Francisco Bay each year. Trash in the Bay flows into the ocean to join the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating island of trash estimated at twice the size of Texas where plastic particles are more abundant than plankton. More
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What are we doing about it?
Save The Bay is fighting to dramatically reduce pollution in the Bay and ocean by advocating for legislation that bans or requires a fee on plastic and paper bags in the Bay Area and the entire state of California. Save The Bay is mobilizing tens of thousands of Bay Area residents to stand up to the plastics industry by supporting these efforts and to immediately kick the habit by switching to reusable bags. More
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What can YOU do in your community?
Ridding our shorelines and waterways of plastic bag pollution will take effort from each one of us. Local residents, community leaders and policy makers must work together to improve the health of the Bay, the ocean and marine wildlife. More