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Port Aransas, TX ‘Skip The Plastic' Bag Campaign

Campaign goal: The Port Aransas ordinance aims to reduce the number of plastic checkout bags littering the beaches, streets and surrounding waters in the city.

In a bold move to help clean up their community, Port Aransas’ City Council voted 5-1 yesterday in favor of a plastic bag ban ordinance. A voluntary ban will begin on January 1, 2015, followed by a mandatory ban starting on January 1, 2016.

Port Aransas joins 10 other Texas cities, 2 states and over 20 countries that have decided to regulate plastic shopping bags because of the infrastructure, fiscal and environmental problems that they cause.