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Spread the word: Don't let big industry win!
The vote is next week - you can help pass Seattle's bag fee
Based on Ireland's wildly successful PlasTax, Seattle's Bag Fee is the most important piece of legislation we've seen to dramatically reduce the consumption of use-and-toss bags. The plastics industry recently poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a last-ditch effort to oppose the fee - they realize that if it passes, this model could take hold across the country. We can't let them win! The vote happens next Tuesday, so now is the time to show your support and get the message out.
"We're following the lead of Ireland... not just for Seattle, but to provide a model for other cities as well." - Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels
When Mayor Nickels called us for help, we saw an historic opportunity to drive real change, and we donated $5,000 and gave our full support. Here are 3 ways you can help right now:
1. GET INFORMEDCheck out our easily-digestible overview of this issue, including a simple outline of Seattle's bag fee & why it makes sense, the Green Bag Campaign's short video, a bag fee myth-busting article & more.2. SPREAD THE WORDForward this e-mail along to a friend. If you're a blogger or reporter, cover the story. Help get the issue into Twitter's trending topics - see below for details.3. VISIT OUR STOREHelp support our efforts so we can continue to support causes like this. Your purchases count!
This is an urgent opportunity to get behind a groundbreaking initiative, significantly changing society's use-and-toss mentality. Help make it happen!
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Our Push to get the Bag Fee into Twitter's Trending Topics
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 To thrust this issue into the mainstream conversation, we're initiating a push to get Seattle's bag fee into Twitter's trending topics. If you're not already, start following @Reuseit_Store and @SeattleGreenBag on Twitter for the most current updates on the fee. For our hundreds of Twitter followers: help us get the bag fee into trending topics this Friday at noon (CST) by tweeting about the referendum with the hashtag #SeattleBagFee. To help, here's our suggested tweet: Aug 18 - Vote yes on Ref 1! Seattle Green Bag Campaign #SeattleBagFee http://www.reusablebags.com/action.php?id=16 RT please!
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Leading the way since 2003, our carefully selected family of safe, high quality "reusables" has now grown to hundreds of products in 30+ categories. We've guided and empowered our 200,000+ customers to reduce their consumption of use-and-toss items by more than 750 million units. Visit our store today.
Want to learn more about what make us so different? Click here. Your purchases count! As of 2009, we've donated over $140,000 to environmental organizations. Together we are making a difference.
As always, thanks for your support.  Vincent Cobb -- Founder, ReusableBags.com
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