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Local environmental group urges Jasper County to ban styrofoam and single-use plastic bags
Summary
Keep Beaufort County Beautiful presented survey results showing large resident support for regulating food-service plastics and recommended banning styrofoam and plastic bags countywide with on-request utensils/ straws and an eight-month ramp-up plan with business transition support.
JASPER COUNTY — Keep Beaufort County Beautiful co-chair Gene Zapfel presented survey findings and a draft ordinance approach that would ban styrofoam containers and plastic grocery bags countywide and shift utensils and straws to an "on request" model.
Zapfel told council the group gathered roughly 6,000 resident survey responses and 138 business responses (as reported in the presentation) that showed strong resident support for regulatory steps focused on…
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