The City of Pasadena encourages Pasadena residents and business representatives to provide input on a draft ordinance on plastic carryout bags.
At a special meeting Thursday, April 28, city staff will present a report on a draft ordinance to the Environmental Advisory Commission that would ban plastic carryout bags, impose a ten cent charge on paper carryout bags, and require affected stores to provide reusable bags to customers for sale or at no charge.
The stores that would be affected by the ordinance include supermarkets, grocers, retailers with at least 10,000 square feet of retail space and a licensed pharmacy, as well as farmer’s markets, drug stores, pharmacies, convenience food stores, food marts, and liquor stores.
In partnership with the business community, Pasadena is committed to forging policies in support of increasedenvironmental stewardship. Pasadena ’s Green City Action Plan, adopted in 2006, identifies the development of a plastic bag reduction program to support its goal of achieving zero waste to landfills by 2040.
The special meeting of the Environmental Advisory Commission will be held at 6 p.m. in Pasadena City Hall Council Chambers, 100 N. Garfield Ave., S-249.
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