Elgin Area Climate Action NOW

Many thanks to the Elgin City Council for the Single Use Bag Ordinance!!!! It has been a long time in the making, congratulations to the council for finally bringing it forward!

Elgin is taking steps toward banning single-use plastic checkout bags at major retailers — but the change won't happen right away.

On Feb. 25, the City Council voted to move the proposed ordinance forward. If approved at the March 11 meeting, it wouldn't take effect until June 2027.

The extended timeline gives the community and retailers plenty of time to prepare and learn more about the transition.

To learn more, visit elginil.gov/BagOrdinance

CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS: A recently released report stated that coral reefs have been the first environment to reach their temperature "tipping point," which will result in massive bleaching and die-off events worldwide. https://www.wfla.com/news/climate-tipping-point-crossed-as-coral-reefs-reach-irreversible-damage-researchers-warn/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/03/world-in-15tn-plastics-crisis-hitting-health-from-infancy-to-old-age-report-warns?CMP=share_btn_url

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet