All Welcome - Plastic Bag Reduction FORUM on Sunday, 3/24

All are WELCOME - Plastic Bag Ban FORUM - Sunday 3/24!

If you are curious about the VOTE at Town Meeting regarding the Plastic Bag Ban, stop by the MPRI (Medfield Plastic Reduction Initiative) Forum on Sunday, March 24th at the Public Safety Building at 3:30pm to LEARN MORE!

Here's a bit of info....

If this “Plastic bag ban at point of sale” Article passes, it would become a Town bylaw and would ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags at point of sale in the Town of Medfield. The ban would go into effect on November 1, 2019.

To date, 93 of the 350 Massachusetts cities and towns have adopted similar bans including Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Framingham and Natick. Approximately ten other towns are bringing this issue to a vote this Spring.

Some facts:

• In the US, we use 100,000,000,000 plastic bags every year,
• In Medfield, we use 4,200,000 plastic bags every year,
• These bags are made from non-renewable sources (oil and natural gas),
• Plastic bags are used for 12 minutes (on average),
• Plastic bags do NOT biodegrade. They break down into tiny micro-plastics, which are now entering our food chain.

Our Initiative is proposing that we ban plastic bags at checkout and start to rethink how we carry and dispose of items. This ban will NOT include newspaper, dry cleaner or produce bags (for meat and veggies).