bann or tax the use of single use plastic bags.

Approx. 380 billion plastic bags are used in the United States every year. Thats more than 1,200 bags per US resident, per year.
Approx. 100 billion of the 380 billion are plastic shopping bags.
An estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required to make that many plastic bags.
Only 1 to 2% of plastic bags in the USA end up getting recycled.
Thousands of marine animals and more than 1 million birds die each year as a result of plastic pollution.
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter floating in every square mile of ocean.
Plastic bags are often mistakenly ingested by animals, clogging their intestines which results in death by starvation.THIS IS BEING DONE IN OTHER COUNTRYS AND IS WORKING GREAT. LOOK AT SEATTLE,LA ,TORONTO & ITALY