Durango Bag It Campaign

Bag It initiates a community conversation, "gets people thinking" and drives local leadership

 The Durango Bag It Campaign is gaining coverage, traction and building an unified and educated community front - pushing Durango City Council to consider banning single-use plastic bags.

The bag ban is expected to go before the City Council for a vote sometime in spring 2012. However, it's not just a City Council decision, but a community decision and starts with us, community members, voicing our concerns and opinions.

Take a moment and read through some of the community comments over the last few months, ranging from the economic benefits to social and environmental considerations of banning single-use plastic bags.

Dear Friends,

Now is the time to get involved in the community movement towards Zero Waste. Durango Bag It is about more than just banning single-use plastic bags in the City of Durango, but about smarter resource use and resource consumption as well as a step towards zero waste in our community.

Bottom line, City Council pays attention to Letters to the Editor, and though I believe the majority of Councillors probably support the idea of Durango moving towards Zero Waste, there must still be visible support from the surrounding community that 'we' support it!

If you agree that this campaign can make a relevant difference towards a more sustainable Durango, please speak up and write a letter to the editor to both:

• Durango Herald (http://www.durangoherald.com/section/Opinion/) and
• The Durango Telegraph (http://www.durangotelegraph.com/contact/letters/)