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Useful Links

Local Counties and Cities who have BYOB information

• City of Oakland
• City of Palo Alto
• City of San Jose

 Other Useful BYOB Resources

• Reuseit.com - Facts and figures regarding the true cost of plastic bags
• Grassroots Recycling Network - Paper or Plastic? Neither! Reuse
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Information about the paper and plastic industries

• Rainforest Action Network’s Old Growth Campaign
• “Plastic Bags - Just say ‘No!’” campaign from PlanetArk, Australia 
• Paper or Plastic by California writer Dan Imhoff
• Treehugger.com: No More Plastic Bags
• Plastic bag information

Plastic Bags in the News

• ”Tide turns against use of plastic bags” – USA Today 3/14/2008
• ”Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags” – The New York Times 1/23/2008
• ”China launches surprise crackdown on plastic bags” –  Reuters 1/8/2008
• ”Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bag” – 1/2/2008
• ”Greening Up by Cutting Down on Plastic Bags” The New York Times 8/5/2007
• ”Plastics poisoning world's seas'” – BBC 12/7/2006

* These listings should not be construed as recommendations or endorsements by BAYROC or its sponsoring organizations. Listings are provided to help conserve natural resources and reduce the amount of materials sent to landfills.