{"id":16749,"date":"2023-04-04T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=16749"},"modified":"2023-04-04T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:01:29","slug":"sierra-club-letter-of-support-for-the-needham-plastic-bag-ban-bylaw-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/sierra-club-letter-of-support-for-the-needham-plastic-bag-ban-bylaw-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Club letter of support for the Needham Plastic Bag Ban bylaw proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2023\/04\/sierra-club-letter-of-support-for-needham-plastic-bag-ban-bylaw.pdf?utm_medium=post-cta&amp;utm_campaign=post-0404&amp;utm_source=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16752 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Plastic-bag-ban-Sierra-Cub-letter-of-support-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Plastic-bag-ban-Sierra-Cub-letter-of-support-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Plastic-bag-ban-Sierra-Cub-letter-of-support-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Plastic-bag-ban-Sierra-Cub-letter-of-support-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Plastic-bag-ban-Sierra-Cub-letter-of-support-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A big thank you to the Sierra Club&#8217;s Massachusetts Chapter for authoring a letter of support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2023\/03\/needham-plastic-bag-bylaw-march-2023.pdf?utm_medium=post-cta&amp;utm_campaign=post-0404&amp;utm_source=social\">Plastic Bag Ban by-law proposal<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Article 41<\/strong> at the upcoming May Annual Town Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/plastic-waste-reduction-team-mandatory-ban-subpage-draft?utm_medium=post-cta&amp;utm_campaign=post-0404&amp;utm_source=social\">Plastic Waste Reduction<\/a> team has been reaching to to Town Meeting members to explain the proposal and ask for their support.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2023\/04\/sierra-club-letter-of-support-for-needham-plastic-bag-ban-bylaw.pdf?utm_medium=post-cta&amp;utm_campaign=post-0404&amp;utm_source=social\">Sierra Club&#8217;s letter<\/a> was sent to the members of the Select Board as well as the Select Board candidates in next week&#8217;s Town Election.\u00a0 (Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2023\/03\/upcoming-april-2023-town-election-select-board-and-planning-board-candidates-answer-questions-on-energy-and-climate?utm_medium=post-cta&amp;utm_campaign=post-0404&amp;utm_source=social\">responses to Green Needham&#8217;s questions <\/a>\u00a0from the candidates.)\u00a0 It was also shared with the Sierra Club&#8217;s members in Needham.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big thank you to the Sierra Club&#8217;s Massachusetts Chapter for authoring a letter of support for the Plastic Bag Ban by-law proposal,\u00a0Article 41 at the upcoming May Annual Town Meeting. 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