Heal the Bayでは、この9ヶ月間、LA郡での年間60億枚のビニール袋の使用を減らすようがんばってきました。 ところが、LA郡会議員会で、ビニール袋使用を積極的に削減するための目標を軽くするという可能性が出てきました。今週の火曜日の時点での郡会議員数人との話合いでの合意では、ビニール袋削減やリサイクルの率を2010年までに35%、2013年までに70%に上げる(この目標に達さない場合は郡はレジ袋使用を禁止する)ということでした。 残念なことに、郡はこの目標をさらに下げようと提案しています。 Heal the Bayがこの提案に反対しているため、郡はこの重大な決議の採決を再び延期するかもしれません。
For the past nine months, Heal the Bay has been advocating for strong action to curb the County’s 6 billion bag per year plastic bag addiction. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is threatening to weaken reduction goals to aggressively curb plastic bag use that had been agreed upon earlier this week. Our agreement as of Tuesday with several Board of Supervisors’ offices was that reduction and recycling efforts need to reach 35% by 2010 and 70% by 2013; if these reduction goals are not met the Board would consider a bag ban. The County is unfortunately proposing to now further reduce these goals. Because of Heal the Bay’s opposition to this additional weakening, the Board may AGAIN postpone a vote on this critical decision.
The County’s latest proposal is simply greenwashing and only does lipservice to the blight and environmental damage caused by plastic bags. In the past few weeks, China, Australia, and cities throughout California have proposed or adopted plastic bag bans. It’s a sad day when we have to look to China for environmental leadership. Please help us by attending a rally on the stairs outside the Board of Supervisors hearing room, and attending the hearing.
When: Tuesday, January 22nd Noon- rally 1pm – board meeting