NATION : St. Paul Bans Plastic Packaging
The City Council approved an ordinance today that would ban plastic packaging, despite an effort in the Legislature to block the local restriction.
Council Member Thomas Dimond said community concern about the city’s waste disposal problems led to the 6-1 vote. “When you see that groundswell, we’re certainly headed in the right direction,” he said.
The council voted to ban non-degradable, non-returnable, non-recyclable packaging. The local ordinance, identical to one approved last month in the twin city of Minneapolis, would become effective in July, 1990.
A state Senate Tax Committee refused Tuesday to remove from a recycling bill a provision that would block such local plastics bans.
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