Members of Lawrence’s Sustainability Advisory Board met Wednesday to begin discussing an ordinance to impose a 15-cent fee for single-use plastic and paper bags, revealing some mixed opinions about how the board wants to proceed. The Lawrence City Commission asked the board last month to restart the discussion on disposable plastic bags. The city has previously discussed banning plastic bags altogether or creating a bag fee, and a draft ordinance was even proposed, but the process was delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for state legislation prohibiting such bans. After discussing other agenda items at Wednesday’s meeting, the board only had time for about 30 minutes of discussion about bags before it had to adjourn. In that time, a few of the board’s nine members expressed support for the existing draft ordinance, which would require stores to charge their customers a 15-cent fee for each single-use plastic or paper bag. Two members, meanwhile, expressed opposition.
Source: LJWorld
