ENCINITAS: Plastic bag petition drive

ENCINITAS --- A citizen-led petition drive to encourage the city of Encinitas to impose a ban on single-use plastic bags will be unveiled Sunday at the Encinitas Environment Day in Cottonwood Creek Park.The San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold a press conference at noon Sunday to announce the petition drive and to bring attention to the increasing reliance on disposable plastic bags, which has led to a large and growing litter problem.The Surfrider Foundation is involved in the issue because shopping bag litter poses special dangers to marine life.Local environmentalists say a ban on plastic shopping bags is the most effective way to prevent the bags from becoming litter and harming the environment.Other California cities ---- including San Francisco, Oakland, Malibu and Fairfax ---- have passed ordinances banning single-use plastic bags.[xcomponent:paragraphs:3]-->ENCINITAS --- A citizen-led petition drive to encourage the city of Encinitas to impose a ban on single-use plastic bags will be unveiled Sunday at the Encinitas Environment Day in Cottonwood Creek Park.The San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold a press conference at noon Sunday to announce the petition drive and to bring attention to the increasing reliance on disposable plastic bags, which has led to a large and growing litter problem.The Surfrider Foundation is involved in the issue because shopping bag litter poses special dangers to marine life.Local environmentalists say a ban on plastic shopping bags is the most effective way to prevent the bags from becoming litter and harming the environment.Other California cities ---- including San Francisco, Oakland, Malibu and Fairfax ---- have passed ordinances banning single-use plastic bags.