HR0039 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0039 LRB100 00051 GRL 10052 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Earth Day is celebrated every April to bring about sustainable practices to support environmental protection; and

WHEREAS, Bring Your Own Bag Illinois is a State effort to raise awareness of the sustainable benefits of bringing your own bag when you shop; and

WHEREAS, Plastic bags consume non-renewable resources; they are often thrown away and become litter, which pollutes our waterways and clogs our storm drains; and

WHEREAS, Plastic bags endanger local wildlife that ingest bags or become entangled in bags; and

WHEREAS, Reducing the use of single use disposable plastic shopping bags will keep plastic bags out of our landfills, help reduce plastic bag litter, prevent clogged storm drains, and protect our wildlife; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate April of 2017 as Bring Your Own Bag Month in the State of Illinois and call upon all residents to bring reusable shopping bags instead of plastic shopping bags with the goal of changing our dependence on plastic shopping bags.