It’s Earth Day today and what better way to celebrate than to celebrate places that are making giant leaps forward in their care of the environment. Since August, I’ve been documenting areas, cities, countries, and in some cases, stores that have banned plastic bags. In that time, there have been 25 notable bans and one unfortunate reversal of a ban.

Hopefully by next Earth Day, there will be too many places to document, and maybe the year after that, it will be unnecessary to document because bans will be so commonplace.

The places that have banned bags are, in no particular order: Mexico City, Sigatoka Town, Fiji, Palo Alto, CA, Fort McMurray, Edmonton, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kirkintilloch, Scotland, Greensboro, NC’s Deep Roots Market, Malibu, CA, Los Gatos, CA, Toronto, Canada, South Australia, Fairfax, CA, New Delhi, India, Unlikely Words » Plastic Bag Ban – The Big Island, Hawaii, Big Island, Hawaii, Red Sea, Egypt, Buenos Aires Province, Market of Choice, Westport, CT, Macedonia, Maui, Hawaii, Los Angeles, CA, Marshall County, Iowa (Unincorporated), Berkeley Farmers’ Market, and Marikina, The Philippines.