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Maryland

We all need to reduce plastic so that the world will be a cleaner place and safer for animals and people. It will ensure a cleaner world for me and my family. Dee Smallman, Abingdon MD

To protect biodiversity and clean water for humans and wildlife.  Amanda Dewey, Berwyn Heights MD

Plastic pollution is not just a problem for animals and fish. Harmful chemicals from plastic have been found in dangerous levels in most humans tested. We are all drowning in this stuff. Please help stop it.  Ellen Halbert, Drayden MD

During creek cleanups a majority of the trash is now plastic water bottles in Maryland. It used to be plastic bags, but the county put a ban on plastic bags and that has helped reduce the trash.  James Togashi, Silver Spring MD

Maine

Our fauna is being very damaged by the plastic pollution, particularly the ocean. This act would benefit every creature on our planet and should not be a partisan issue except for the greedy. Susan Gerry, Friendship ME

Mississippi

The Pacific plastic garbage patch is reason enough. Wildlife ingesting the plastic garbage is another good reason to stop plastic usage. It would benefit us all. Daniel Jones, Carthage MS

Break our addiction to single-use and excessive plastic use. Cleaner towns.  Rosemary Ward, Greenville MS

Spoiling all our world’s beautiful places and endangering life. No more reliance on ordinary plastic items, throwaways. Rosemary Ward, Greenville MS

Many animals die every year due to plastics, i.e. ingesting plastic, getting tangled in plastic, etc. We are ALL in this together. Every human, every creature is intertwined and when something affects one, it essentially affects all. Allison Anderson, Meridian MS

Let’s preserve the oceans and encourage less plastic purchases. Plastic pollution harms innocent animals, like turtles in the ocean, and is totally unnecessary. I have stopped purchasing bottled water and choose glass over plastic as much as possible. Jean Saja, Raymond MS

Montana

Without clean fresh water, there would be no life on our planet.  Blue Gold (water) is Earth’s most precious gift to us.  We must not waste it or pollute it, but now plastic has been found at the deepest points in our beautiful oceans; animals are ingesting plastic or tangling in it and dying.  We must attack this problem from many points, from the production of plastic, to its use, to its disposal.  This act is a good step toward that goal. This act benefits me because I depend on clean water for my health, as does my whole family, down to my three great-grandchildren. Robyn Lauster, Bozeman MT

I have enough extraneous crap in my system and I don’t really need plastic particles to keep well, ya know?  There’s always plastic stuff in my trash and there’s no real recycling for it.  I’d take the time to sort, clean and dispose of plastics if there were a real service and reuse industry developed in the US.  I don’t want some other nation to do this. I’d buy cardboard substitutes, glass, metal, and other containers and recycle them, too, given a real industry. Kent Mollohan, Helena MT

Plastic is a ‘forever’ product. This would reduce garbage. What are we leaving for our children if we don’t start now? Debra Henriksen, Livingston MT