FM Plastic Bag Task Force

Volunteers Needed For #TrashTag Project on Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary

The task force is encouraging residents to go out on their own and pick up trash where they can.

April 21, 2020

MOORHEAD, Minn. – As the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day approaches, the Plastic Bag Task Force is hoping that Social Distancing won’t affect their clean up efforts. The task force is encouraging residents to go out on their own and pick up trash where they can. They can take a before and after photo of a littered area, and share…

F-M Plastic Bag Task Force Ramps Up Efforts to Educate Public about Plastic Bags

The group lobbies with city leaders to make June 5 a "day without plastic bags"

May 22, 2018

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Thousands of used plastic bags are scattered in areas across the metro. According to the F–M Plastic Bag Task Force, more than 50,000 pounds of plastic bags are used by grocery stores each year. “In Clay County we have our landfill, and I know in Fargo they have a landfill, and the litter around the landfill is for…