‘Skip the Bag, Save the River’ – National Geographic Kids Blogs

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Plastic bags clog streams and waterways, and one city decided to take action against this menace. On January 1, 2010, Washington, D.C. became the first city in the U.S. to add a 5-cent fee for plastic bags for food and carryout. Most of the money raised by the new law and the “Skip the Bag, Save the River” campaign will go to the Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Fund to educate people and clean up the river. The remainder will go to the affected businesses.

What do you think of the new law in Washington, D.C.? Does your family bring reusable bags to the store?

Watch a video of ‘Bag the Bag’ on National Geographic Kids.

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Photo courtesy District Department of the Environment. Learn more at http://green.dc.gov/bags.

Comments

britany5455
January 23, 2010, 7:48 pm

wow. thats a very great way to save the river from plastic bags.
helpearth2323
March 28, 2010, 10:18 am

Yes I believe so too. If people somehow still throw bags away into wetlands, we still have a chance. The catails or lilypads would stop it before it gets to shore. So people could go out and pick it up.
coolcat24
December 23, 2011, 3:49 pm

Very good idea. Who thought of that?
winners27
April 24, 2012, 3:21 am

Awesome idea!Applause to whoever who thought of that.More reusable bags you purchase, less paper and plastic are in our environment!

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