This does not enrich my life
The Queens County Library had a circulation of 23 million in 2009.
The Queens County Library is almost completely taxpayer funded by every NYC taxpayer.
The Queens County Library offers a plastic bag to each person checking out a book, CD or DVD.
The other libraries in NYC do not give out plastic bags.
Help us stop the Queens County Library from spending our tax money on plastic bags by clicking here http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5719
In addition to taking individual action above, we are building a coalition of organizations that oppose single-use plastic bags as well. Thank you to the following organizations who have already joined the fight . . .
American Littoral Society
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Edison Wetlands Association
Environment New York
Fishermen’s Conservation Association
Friends of Brook Park
Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Natural Resources Protective Association
NY/NJ Baykeeper
Operation SPLASH
Riverkeeper
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Staten Island Tuna Club
Surfrider Foundation – Central Long Island Chapter
Surfrider Foundation – Connecticut Chapter
Surfrider Foundation – NYC Chapter
Time’s Up NYC
Do you know and organization who might support our effort to ban bags in all of NYC and in the Queens Library first? View the Organizational Sign On Statement here.
[...] On a warm Wednesday evening, on a beautiful roof-deck in Soho, I attended my first meeting with the Surfrider Foundation’s New York City branch. The monthly meeting, held Wednesday, August 8, was set to talk about Surfrider’s upcoming campaigns and the proposed plan to dredge at Rockaway Beach. The Surfrider Foundation is currently focusing on a campaign to get rid of single use plastic bags in New York City. They are targeting the Queens County Library which is the only library in New York City to give out plastic bags to library patrons. The Surfrider Foundation is asking the public to write a message to the Queens Library, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to get them to ban single use plastic bags in all of New York City. They are also asking for the support of local and national organizations. [...]