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Middleton committee weighs voluntary strategies for reducing single-use plastic bags
Summary
After a referral from Licenses & Ordinances, the Sustainability Committee discussed voluntary store incentives, point-of-purchase signage, cardboard-box alternatives and possible fees or discounts. Members emphasized statutory constraints and recommended further work before any ordinance.
The Middleton Sustainability Committee took up a referral on plastic-bag reduction and discussed voluntary and educational strategies rather than a ban.
Committee members and staff discussed a menu of options: working with businesses on point-of-purchase signage that asks shoppers whether they…
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