{"id":1081,"date":"2014-02-05T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:56:41","slug":"plastic-bag-bans-kids-enacting-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/plastic-bag-bans-kids-enacting-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bag Bans: Kids Enacting Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/plastic-bag-bans-at-beach.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1084\" alt=\"plastic bag bans in York, Maine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/plastic-bag-bans-at-beach.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/plastic-bag-bans-at-beach.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/plastic-bag-bans-at-beach-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/plastic-bag-bans-at-beach-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kids all over the world make things happen every day. When it comes to plastic bag bans, sometimes the kids\u2019 voices are the loudest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In York, Maine, a group of high school students are trying to ban plastic bags. Ambitious? Perhaps. But that\u2019s not stopping them from trying to make their hometown the first in the state to successfully enact a ban.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">York High School seniors Carlie Martin, Sam Rickerich, Sean Kelly, and Ethan McDonough were tasked in a class to identify a community problem and figure out a possible solution. They decided to propose plastic bag bans for certain retail stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Neighboring Portland has recently seen a proposed ordinance that would impose a charge for paper and plastic bags, proving that Maine residents may be ready to step up and ban the bag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They would be in good company. Following is a list of states that have a plastic bag ordinance in effect in at least one city, town, or county.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alaska<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arizona<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colorado<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Connecticut<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">District of Columbia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hawaii<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maryland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New Mexico<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New York<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Carolina<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oregon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rhode Island<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Washington<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawrecycles.org\/issues\/plastic_campaign\/plastic_bags\/national\">Click here for more information on plastic bag bans and ordinances throughout the USA.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids all over the world make things happen every day. 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