QAC County-Wide
Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban
A single-use plastic bag pollutes the environment throughout its entire lifecycle - from manufacturing to disposal - while serving its purpose for a very short time. This stark imbalance between momentary convenience and lasting environmental damage exemplifies the unsustainable nature of single-use plastics. This type of plastic pollution has a relatively simple, straightforward solution: reusable bags.
Plastic bags are made from oil and natural gas - finite resources with well-documented environmental impacts. While our dependence on fossil fuels for transportation and energy remains unavoidable due to limited alternatives, single-use plastic bags represent an unnecessary drain on these resources, especially given the readily available alternatives.
Banning single-use plastic bags in favor of reusable alternatives would conserve significant non-renewable resources. While paper bags might seem like a viable alternative, they too present environmental challenges, requiring the harvest of trees - another finite resource. There's no justification for depleting our forests when durable, reusable bags offer a superior solution.
Despite having a clear alternative, we continue to default to the convenience of single-use plastic bags. The shift to reusable bags represents a simple yet significant step toward sustainability - one that requires minimal sacrifice while yielding substantial environmental benefits.
Let the Commissioners know that you want the Centreville Ordinance on Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bags expanded to the rest of Queen Anne’s County.
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410-758-4098
