For use in conjunction with the Plastic Bag Fast 2011.

1. The Plastic Bag Effect

10. Spitsbergen Falkland Islands

27. Ireland took the lead in Europe, taxing plastic bags in 2002. They have reduced plastic bag consumption by 90%.

29. Italy and South Australia have recently banned plastic bags

32. Other places considering plastic bag bans include: Long Beach, New York city, Seattle, Boston, Phoenix, Arkansas, Oregon, Vermont, Connecticut and Maryland http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/c842aced0f07bfde8525782500657324?OpenDocument

41. Better yet: BYO!