Got Your Bags?
The “Got Your Bags?” campaign originated as a grassroots effort with
the Mariposa County Public Works Department (MCPWD) and the Mariposa
County Unified School District, in California, who worked together on a
pilot stenciling project in local supermarket parking lots. MCPWD staff
created the “Got Your Bags?” slogan and logo stencil design. The
stencil painting was then incorporated into a lesson plan on recycling
for summer school students.
Keep California Beautiful (KCB) is now taking this campaign
statewide by uniting non-profit, business, community and government
organizations around the common goal of promoting the three R’s as they
relate to bags – reduce, reuse and recycle.
Reduce: Many California grocers and retailers sell inexpensive
reusable bags and shoppers can always decline a bag at checkout (is a
bag really necessary for one small item?).
Reuse: More than 90 percent of consumers reuse their grocery
bags at home for an infinite number of purposes – right, dog owners?
Recycle: State law requires most large supermarkets and
pharmacies to set up recycling bins so every Californian can return
shopping bags, dry-cleaning bags, bread bags, wraps from paper towels,
bathroom tissue, napkins, diapers – even the plastic bag that delivers
the newspaper. Recycling these bags and wraps allows them to have a
second life as new products including backyard fencing and decking,
building and construction products, shopping carts, and of course, new
bags. |
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