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Plastic Bag Reduction Initiative Meetings, Forums and VOTE at Town Meeting !

Attention residents....

Please plan to vote on an article to ban single use, thin film plastic bags at checkout at the Medfield Town Meeting on Monday, April 29 at 7:30 pm. MPRI (Medfield Plastic Reduction Initiative) has partnered with the Savvy Women’s Alliance, Medfield Chapter to host multiple educational events for the public to learn about the extent of the plastic waste in
our town, nationally and globally. We strongly encourage more residents and students to join the discussion and learn more.

The MA Sierra Club reports that state residents use more than 2 billion bags per year (about a bag per person, per day) and it is estimated that 100 billion plastic bags are used in the United States annually. Plastic bags do not biodegrade, but rather break into very small pieces called micro plastics. After circulating in oceans where they are ingested by marine and wildlife, plastics have entered our food stream and can be found in seafood, table salt, tap water and beer.

All Medfield residents are urged to join in efforts to reduce plastic waste within our town and are welcome to attend these upcoming events:

Sun, March 31 at 3:30 pm- general meeting, with Q & A, Medfield Public Library lower level conference room

Mon, April 1 at 7:30 pm- public information forum and slide presentation in the Medfield Public Safety Building, 112 North Street. Please join

Sat, April 27, 9:00 am-2:00 pm- informational display booth at Shaw's Market, 230 Main Street

Most importantly, please VOTE at the April 29 Town Meeting. If passed, the ban will go into effect on Nov. 1, 2019 and will not apply to newspaper, dry cleaner or produce/ deli bags.

For more info or specific questions, please contact Andy Costello, acostello84@comcast.net