Why Missoula Needs a Bag Ban

Why _ Say No to Single-Use Plastics

• Plastic Bag Bans Work: well designed single use plastic bag bans reduce waste and litter

  • For the 76,955 people in Missoula, MT, every year with a typical plastic bag ban would result in:

  • 22,778,680 fewer single-use plastic bags that won’t pollute our environment.

  • Those bags would stretch 3,955 miles laid side to side.

  • Eliminating those bags would save the 114,805 gallons of oil needed to produce them.

  • Bag bans cut single-use plastic bag litter by at least 33%

• Beyond Plastics Polystyrene Fact Sheet

• Center for Environmental Health Polystyrene Fact Sheet

• Children's Environmental Health Network FAQ'a Polystyrene Foam

• Beyond Plastics Fact Sheet About Single Use Plastic Straws