OUR MISSION

To encourage the use of reusable checkout bags for the benefit of our town's environment and citizens.   

Plastic bags pose a threat to the Long Island Sound, wildlife, natural areas, and health of the Guilford community.  It is our goal to inspire citizens to replace single-use plastic checkout bags with reusable bags to decrease our town's plastic waste.  

“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.”
— Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA

Our goals

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  • Step one: Increase the use and distribution of reusable bags.

  • Step two: Pass an ordinance prohibiting single-use plastic checkout bags.

  • Step three: Place a small fee on paper bags in order to create an incentive to bring reusable bags.

All photographs taken in Guilford, CT by Skylar Bartels and William Breeze