Single-use plastic shopping bags on the street. (Photo by Velkr0/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting on Thursday (1/26), the Kodiak city council voted to ban the distribution of single-use disposable plastic shopping bags by retailers within the city limits. This ban will not embargo the use of all plastic bags, but the kind given out at grocery stores that are …
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Colorful plastic bags stuck in tree. Victor Andronache / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT The organizers behind a potential ban of single-use plastic bags in Kodiak stores want to make sure they approach the concept in the right way. At its regular meeting this week, the Solid Waste Advisory Board decided it needs to consult all those who may be affected by …
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Plastic shopping bag. Photo by Andrew Davidson / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak is looking into banning single-use plastic bags. If it does, it’ll follow communities like Bethel, Cordova, and Hooper Bay that have all enforced city-wide bans, none of which include a per-bag fee. Fairbanks tried and failed in 2009 to charge a 5 cent fee. Some communities in the …
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