About US
Protecting Madison for the Future
Bring Your Own Bag Madison (BYO Madison) is a group of Madison, Connecticut residents dedicated to raising awareness about the toxic effects of single-use plastics on our health, community, waterways, environment, and economy.
Our Mission
To encourage the use of reusable checkout bags to replace our dependence on single-use plastic bags for the benefit of our town's environment and citizens.
Our Goals
- Raise awareness of plastic pollution issues in our town & beaches
- Increase the use and distribution of reusable bags.
- Pass an ordinance prohibiting
single-use plastic checkout bags. - Place a small fee on paper bags in order to create an incentive to bring reusable bags.
- Provide educational support & guidance to our local businesses and residents on meeting the objectives of this new ordinance.
Why BYO now?
Making the Case for Bringing Your Own
1. Read the facts about plastics and plastic bags and how bans work.
2. CT Food Association supports bag bans with a fee on paper bags to encourage the use of Reusable Bags.
3. Plastic Bag Bans are effective. See the analysis from the CT Food Association.
BYO CONNECTICUT
BYO movements are gaining momentum around the state. These towns have passed, or are working on passing an ordinance to eliminate single-use bags at checkout. (Plastic Bag Ban Map created by Tanner @ The Country School)
Westport was the first town in Connecticut to pass an ordinance – in 2008!
- BYO Bloomfield
- BYO Branford
- BYO Darien
- BYO Fairfield
- BYO Greenwich
- BYO Guilford
- BYO Hamden
- BYO Mansfield
- City of Middletown
- BYO New Britain
- BYO New Canaan
- BYO Newtown
- BYO Norwalk
- BYO Stamford
- BYO Washington
- BYO Waterford
- BYO Weston
- BYO Westport
- BYO Wilton
- BYO Windham
- Skip the Plastic - Glastonbury
OUR partners
Together we are stronger.
Local Business partners
Local faith based partners
environmental partners
