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Council advances broader single-use plastics ordinance to second reading after split vote
Summary
Beaufort County Council moved proposed amendments to its single-use plastics ordinance to second reading after staff presentations and debate on business impacts, exemptions, enforcement and unintended consequences. The roll-call vote to advance passed 6–5; council invited amendments ahead of the next reading.
Beaufort County staff presented proposed amendments to Chapter 38 (environment), expanding the county’s 2018 single-use plastic bag restrictions to include thick plastic grocery bags and certain expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) disposable food-service ware, while making straws and disposable cutlery “by-request” rather than automatically provided.
Juliana Zadek, presenting the ad hoc working group’s two-year process, told the council the outreach included a public survey that produced more than 6,200…
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