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Select board-backed "Skip the Stuff" bylaw recommended by Finance Committee
Summary
Green Needham presenters asked the Finance Committee to support a bylaw that would stop automatic inclusion of single-use utensils, napkins and condiments with takeout/delivery orders and ask full-service restaurants to use reusable serviceware; committee voted to recommend adoption of the related general bylaw amendment on April 9
Green Needham representatives presented a pair of citizen petition bylaws to the Finance Committee on April 9 aimed at reducing single-use food service items. The group described 1 bylaw, commonly called "Skip the Stuff," as threefold: require restaurants to give takeout/delivery accessories only on request, require online ordering interfaces to include an…
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