Media

Media contact:

Jeff Becerra
(510) 891-6549
jbecerra@stopwaste.org

 

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News Releases

• Mandatory Recycling and Single-Use Bag Reduction Ordinances Adopted for Alameda County

• Starting January 1, Alameda County Residents Will Need to Bring Their Own Bags

Articles/Press Coverage

• New plastic bag ban receives mixed reactions from customers, storeowners in Oakland
  (Oakland North, January 3, 2013)

• ABC Local (Dec. 31):

• Alameda County shoppers have to bring their own shopping bags or prepare to pay
  (Oakland Tribune, December 31, 2013)

• Plastic supermarket bags to disappear, come January—and paper bags will cost you 
  (Oakland North, November 12, 2012)

• Plastic supermarket bags to disappear, come January—and paper bags will cost you
  SFGate, Oakland Blog December 19, 2012

• Getting Ready for the County-Wide Plastic Bag Ban (Dublin Patch, November 29, 2012)

• Bust Out Your Reusable Bags, Alameda County; Ban Starts in January (East Bay Express, December 4, 2012)

• Bring your own bags (Tri-City Voice, December 4, 2012):

• Getting Ready for the County-Wide Plastic Bag Ban (Fremont Patch, December 5, 2012)

• Alameda County residents will need to bring their own bags (KTSF-26; Dec 18, 2012)
  

• As Coastal Cleanup Day Approaches, Alameda County Aims to Reduce Litter with New Ordinance (Berkeley Patch, September 12, 2012)

• Reusable Bag Ordinance: What it Means for Alameda County Stores and Consumers (Newark Chamber of Commerce, October 2, 2012)