BAG the BAG SPONSORSHIP an Advocacy Campaign to Reduce the Use of Disposable Bags in Our Community

BAG THE BAG SPONSORSHIP An advocacy campaign to reduce the use of disposable bags in our community

We’re passionate in our efforts to make zero waste living a reality in our state. People are clamoring for a means to slow the flow of waste and for the opportunity to do their part in that process. They want alternatives. The Utah Recycling Alliance (URA) offers alternatives that empower people, organizations and communities statewide to create a zero waste lifestyle by building successful models and practices that promote reuse, recycling and resource conservation.

OUR PROGRAMS MAJOR SPONSORS • Bag the Bag Campaign • Mark Miller Subaru • Pop Up! CHaRM (collection of • Patagonia hard-to-recycle materials) • KRCL • Fix-It Clinics • Squatters and Wasatch • Zero Waste Awards Brew Pubs • Lunch and Learn • S.J. and Jesse E. Quinney • Intermountain Sustainability Summit Foundation BAG THE BAG CAMPAIGN

One trillion single-use disposable bags are THE URA’S YEAR ONE CAMPAIGN TARGET used in the world every year, with one IMPACT: billion used in Utah alone. Less than 5% of • # of businesses contacted: 50+ these disposable bags are recycled, meaning • # of businesses enrolled: 15 - 20 the bulk of them end up in our landfills, • # of bags distributed: 750 – 1,000 waterways and elsewhere. • # of tabling events: 20 • # of plastic bag recycling/collection sites: 10 Our goal with the Bag the Bag Campaign is to reduce the use of disposable bags in BUSINESS CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP/ Utah by bringing together a coalition of SPONSORSHIP (sponsors must meet at least four): businesses committed to promoting the use of reusable bags at their locations. • Offer reusable bags at check out Community leadership and grass-roots • Provide signage at check out and in parking lot that efforts are crucial in tackling this pollution encourages reusable bag use issue. By demonstrating leadership in this • Offer recycling of plastic bags (and plastic film) at their area, this coalition of businesses will help locations to empower people to make these changes • Not offer single-use disposable bags at check out voluntarily. • Offer $ credit for bringing reusable bags • Thank clients for bringing reusable bags There are six levels of sponsorships • Offer free reusable bags available. The costs associated with • Platinum sponsors don’t offer single-use disposable bags joining the coalition will be used to cover • Businesses are required to track reductions and totals, programmatic fees and expenses related to including % change in use of single-use bags. Totals will the campaign. be listed on website and announced at awards event. SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLE BAGS

QUICK FACTS: BENEFITS: • 1 trillion single-use disposable bags are used • Conservation: The majority of single-use disposable bags in the world every year, with 1 billion of those are plastic and made from petroleum, a non-renewable being used in Utah alone. resource. Removing the need for these bags can help • The amount of energy required to make 12 preserve this precious resource. plastic shopping bags could drive a car for a mile. • Litter: Cutting back on single-use disposable bags will • Plastic bags take up to 1,000 years to degrade. reduce contamination on our roads, in our communities They do not biodegrade, but instead break down and in our scenic lands. into small toxic particles that are deposited • Revenue: Charging fees for bags can generate income into our oceans and enter our food chain when to encourage recycling, reduce the use of disposable ingested by animals. bags and help clean up the pollution in our communities • The average American family takes home almost caused by single-use bags. 1,500 shopping bags a year. Less than 5% are recycled. COSTS: • Recycled plastic bags can only be used in non- • The total cost of litter collection, disposal and recyclable composite building materials. enforcement in the U.S. is estimated to be at least $11.5 billion annually. Businesses bear the burden of this cost, TAKE ACTION: representing 79.5% of the total cost of litter abatement. • Cities have estimated that the taxpayer cost to subsidize • Join our coalition and become a leader in the the recycling, collection, and disposal of plastic and paper community by tackling the problems associated bags amounts to as much as 17 cents per bag. with single-use bags. Check out our website for • Giving out fewer single-use disposable bags reduces listings of current members. the cost of these bags for businesses. For example, • Stock your car with reusable bags. Choose cloth supermarkets can spend up to $1,500 to $6,000 a month over plasticized bags when possible. just to provide single-use bags to their customers at • For more info about single-use disposable bags or check-out. our Business Coalition, email us at [email protected]. LEARN MORE at www.utahrecyclingalliance.org. PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP $5,000 • Location shown on map on URA website • Name and logo on bags (future runs) • Social media promotion • Inclusion in promotional video • Listed as participating member on website • Name on banner for awards ceremony • Window cling for each location • Premium logo space • 100 free reusable bags handed out • Five tickets for awards ceremony • 2 tabling events • Press release listing campaign sponsors GOLD SPONSORSHIP $2,500 • Location shown on map on URA website • 2 tabling events • Social media promotion • Press release listing campaign sponsors • Listed as participating member on website • Name and logo on bags (future runs) • Window cling for each location • 100 free reusable bags handed out SILVER SPONSORSHIP BRONZE SPONSORSHIP $1,000 $300 • Location shown on map on URA website • Location shown on map on URA website • Social media promotion • Social media promotion • Listed as participating member on website • Listed as participating member on website • Window cling for each location • Window cling for each location • 50 free reusable bags handed out • 50 free reusable bags • 1 tabling event BASIC LEVEL SUPPORTER $100 $25 • Location shown on map on URA website • Listed as participating member on website • Social media promotion • Window cling for each location • Listed as participating member on website • Window cling for each location BAG THE BAG SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

MEMBERSHIP BRONZE SILVER GOLD PLATINUM SUPPORTER BASIC LEVEL BENEFITS SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP Listed as participating member on website Window cling for each location Location shown on map on URA website Social media promotion Free reusable bags 50 bags 50 bags 100 bags 100 bags Tabling events 1 event 2 events 2 events Press release listing campaign sponsors Name and logo on bags (future runs) Inclusion in promotional video Name on banner for awards ceremony Premium logo space Five tickets for awards ceremony COST $25 $100 $300 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000

*Businesses must meet at least four of the following criteria to be considered for membership/sponsorship: offer reusable bags at check out, provide signage at check out and in parking lot that encourages reusable bag use, offer recycling of plastic film/bags at your location(s), not offer single-use disposable bags at check out, offer a credit for bringing reusable bags, thank clients for bringing reusable bags, or offer free reusable bags. UTAH RECYCLING ALLIANCE Facebook: @UtahRecyclingAlliance [email protected] www.utahrecyclingalliance.org

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