Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Select Board hears public hearings on town moves to curb single‑use food packaging and expand plastic bag rules; petitioners, health staff back changes
Summary
At a public hearing April 1, petitioners and town staff presented amendments to Brookline’s sustainable food‑packaging and plastic‑bag bylaws that would require takeout utensils and condiments only on request, ban black plastic containers that cannot be sorted for recycling, and narrow small‑seller bag exemptions.
Petitioners and town staff presented two related warrant articles at the Select Board’s April 1 meeting seeking to tighten Brookline rules on single‑use food packaging and plastic bags.
Article 18, filed by petitioners including Mothers Out Front volunteers, would amend the town’s sustainable food packaging bylaw to require that items such as utensils, napkins, wet wipes and condiment packets be provided only on request (a “skip‑the‑stuff” policy), to prohibit black plastic takeout containers that cannot be optically sorted for recycling, and to update definitions so that “compostable” packaging must carry recognized certification marks.
Brenda Hochberg, a petition co‑sponsor, said the amendments respond to both public waste reduction…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
