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Take Action Against Plastic Pollution

03/26/2023 10:16 PM | Christina Maggi (Administrator)

The City of Asheville is considering instituting a ban on single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers. The City has published a plastic reduction survey and invited all community members to provide feedback before the April 30 deadline. HCCA supports this ban and encourages residents to take this short survey to help inform next steps and recommended actions. 

Please use this opportunity to make your voice heard by completing the survey at https://publicinput.com/a7556. Background information is available at https://www.ashevillenc.gov/projects/single-use-plastic-reduction/

HCCA hosted a special program last October that covered this topic and other important environmental issues related to protecting Haw Creek’s watershed. Anna Alsobrook, Watershed Outreach Coordinator at MountainTrue, discussed this proposed single-use plastic ban.

Water quality testing concludes that microplastic pollution is widespread throughout the French Broad River Basin and other WNC waterways. MountainTrue is working to stop plastic pollution at its source and implement a single-use plastic ban in Buncombe County. We can and should enact legislation at the local level to limit single-use plastics before they end up as litter and microplastic pollution in our rivers, lakes, and streams.

This plastic reduction survey is an important step in getting a plastic bag and Styrofoam take-out container ban through the City Council.


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