Re: Reusable bag initiative in Larchmont

Bag It film in Larchmont. March 9, 10, 11

At Mamaroneck Public Library. 

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On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Lori Krane <lkrane@optonline.net> wrote:

Please forward this to our groups, if you haven't already.

 

Thanks.

 

Lori

 

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From: Village of Larchmont Committee on the Environment [mailto:larchenvirocom@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:04 PM
To: lkrane@optonline.net
Subject: Reusable bag initiative in Larchmont

 

Bag It screening  dates and times...    Village of Larchmont Saturday March 9  at 2 PM (refreshments) followed by the film at 2:30  Town Center (Larchmont Public Library Community Room)   Stay afterward for a   Q & A session with Patti Wood of Grassroots Environmental and a reuseable bag giveaway.   Village of Mamaroneck Sunday March 10   at 2 PM Mamaroneck Public Library   Mayor Norman Rosenblum and Trustee Ilissa Miller will answer questions about the new law. Refreshments will be served; reusable bag giveaway after the film.    Town of Mamaroneck Monday March 11  at 7 PM  Mamaroneck Town Center (740 W. Boston Post Rd, Mamaroneck) Conference Room C           Join our list If you would like to receive emails about environment news in Larchmont and Mamaroneck, reply "yes" to LarchEnviroCom@gmail.com   Should We Limit Plastic Bags in Larchmont and Mamaroneck?   Save the date, be informed: See the documentary Bag It on March 9, 10, and 11      An estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year--380 billion of those in the United States. And every year, Americans throw away some 100 billion plastic bags--bags that perhaps only carried home a prescription from the pharmacy or a quart of milk from the grocery store. Plastic bags are made from petroleum, so trashing them is equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of oil. Plastic bags do not go away; they do not biodegrade. Recycling them is literally not worth the cost: "$4,000 to process and recycle one ton of plastic bags, which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32," says Jared Blumenfeld, director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment. That's why Larchmont is considering joining Rye and the Village of Mamaroneck, which have passed plastic bag phase-out ordinances. Come see this funny and illuminating documentary at three screenings in our tri-municipality. Stick around afterward for Q & A's with experts. For more on Bag It, click here.

 

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