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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
• County of Santa Clara

 Other Useful BYOB Resources:

• MyOwnBag.com - Bags by the Numbers
• ReusableBags.com - Facts and figures regarding the true cost of plastic bags
• Carbon Conscious Consumer Blog – Bring Your Own Bag
• Better Bags Colorado - Denver-based group working on implementing a grocery bag fee in Denver
• Grassroots Recycling Network - Paper or Plastic? Neither! Reuse
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Information about the paper and plastic industries:

• List of resources about the paper industry from the Clean Water Action Council
• Rainforest Action Network’s Old Growth Campaign
• A list of resources about plastics from Mindfully.org
• “Plastic Bags - Just say ‘No!’” campaign from PlanetArk, Australia 
• Paper or Plastic by California writer Dan Imhoff
• Save Oil, Save Trees: Reuse Your Grocery Bags!
• No More Plastic Bags

Information from Australia

• Plastic bag information
• Keep the sea plastic free - bin it

Plastic Bags in the News

• ”Tide turns against use of plastic bags” – USA Today 3/14/2008
• ”Whole Foods sacks plastic bags” – USA Today 1/27/2008
• ”Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags” – The New York Times 1/23/2008
• ”China bans free plastic bags” – CNN 1/9/2008
• ”China's Plastic Bag Ban Will Save 37 Million Barrels of Oil” – The Daily Green 1/9/2008
• ”China launches surprise crackdown on plastic bags” –  Reuters 1/8/2008
• ”Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bag” – 1/2/2008
• “Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?” – BestLifeOnline 10/25/2007
• ”Greening Up by Cutting Down on Plastic Bags” The New York Times 8/5/2007
• ”Plastics poisoning world's seas'” – BBC 12/7/2006
• “Oceans Awash With Microscopic Plastic, Scientists Say” – National Geographic 5/6/2004
• “Tax on plastic bags considered” – BBC 5/6/2002

* 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.