Trying for a Ban in Marin

1/20/07
Official to pitch plastic bag ban
Rob Rogers, Marin Independent Journal, Marin, CA

Hoping to stem the tide of a "plastic plague," Supervisor Charles McGlashansays he plans to propose a ban on plastic bags at grocery and drug stores inunincorporated Marin...

Support Independents & Use Reusables

Leithers asked to boycott big shops and bag a green carrier

Dec. 4, 2006
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1798632006
BRIAN FERGUSON, Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland

A HIGH-PROFILE campaign is being mounted to persuade Leithers to shun supermarket giants like Tesco, back independent stores and boycott plastic bags. Thousands of cotton shopping bags are being distributed to local businesses in a bid to spread the word about Greener Leith...

Another Aussie City Bags the plastic

Bag the chance to get rid of plastic

15th November 2006
http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/29617
by Michael Newhouse, Star News, Melbourne, Australia

BRIMBANK City Council is encouraging residents to ‘Say No to Plastic Bags,’” giving locals the chance to exchange their old plastic bags for reusable ones as part of a new council campaign to cut the number of bags in Brimbank...

also, from the Brimbank City Council itself:
http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?page_Id=1563
Residents are set to give plastic bags the boot in favour of reusable bags when Brimbank’s “Say NO to plastic bags!” campaign kicks off later this year...