Send a message to big oil: HANDS OFF SEATTLE! Approve Referendum 1

The wave of green bag reform is cresting across the country, led by Seattle’s landmark policy that will be before voters Aug. 18. Now, Baltimore is considering a bag fee similar to our city’s. And, predictably, the plastics industry is working behind closed doors to lobby elected leaders to drop the plan. We here in Seattle have had couragous policy makers who stood up to this kind of corporate pressure, setting an example for the rest of the country.  And it is for this reason that our vote in August is so important: to show cities around the country that even a well-funded industry repeal effort can’t stop the greenest city in the nation from changing the tide of bag waste.