Stop Plastic Bag Pollution in Maryland

As Marylanders, the health of our waterways, beaches, and fisheries is critical to our local economy and our way of life. Plastic bags are one of the most common forms of plastic pollution found in beach clean ups and pose a significant threat to our waterways, wildlife, and seafood. Maryland can reduce plastic bag pollution by passing bag bills that is currently introduced in the legislature!

Maryland Bills HB314 and SB223, the Plastic Bag Reduction Act, ban thin plastic bags less than 4 mils at restaurants and all retails stores. Similar bills have passed all over the country. Plastic bags not sent to landfills are often put in recycling bins, where they clog recycling machines and cost recyclers and taxpayers money to remove.  

Help us ban thin plastic bags in Maryland so we can keep our beautiful natural areas clean of plastic bag litter, reduce tax payer dollars spent on clean ups, and keep plastic bags from poisoning wildlife and seafood.

Take a few minutes and help us pass these bills into law! Take our action alert!