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Home My WebLink About09092019 City Council Laydown - Plastic Ban Best Option FAQ s Plastic Bags and Reusable What is the City of Seward Plastic Bag and Polystyrene Polystyrene Containers Ordinance? Seward City Code Chapter 9.35 Containers The ordinance helps keep plastic bags and ORDINANCE GUIDE - polystyrene foam out of streets,storm drains, and t..„) bodies of water. Are there any exemptions to the ordinance? Yes Bags marketed or labeled as "biodegradable"or j "compostable," Bags used by customers inside stores to package Great Option bulk items such as fruit,vegetables,nuts,grains, /;/4 # candy,or small hardware items,such as nails and �1 A0 IQ ompostable Fi ". t bolts 1:-1 * _� r .. __ . _, Bags used to contain dampness or leaks from items 4.�,,v, - _ 'such as frozen foods,meat or fish,flowers or ` . i; potted plants - POW r'° ' ' y Bags used to protect prepared foods or bakery �(A$�Q' �. goods '»%� Bags provided by pharmacists to contain j l�r prescription drugs: newspaper bags,laundry or dry cleaning bags Bags sold for consumer use off a seller's premises for such purposes as the collection and disposal of To read the full Ordinance visit Not Allowed X garbage,pet waste,or yard waste. https://library.municode.com/ak/ Styrofoam,m seward/codes/code_of ordinances y , Polystyrene foam disposable food service ware Prepared food prepared or packaged outside the Chapter 9.35 Nonrecyclable plastic, city Plastic Straws and St r i r re rs Polystyrene foam coolers and ice chests that are intended for reuse 1----',..N•kDisposable food service ware composed entirely of City Manager's Office aluminum 410 Adams Street, Seward Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm li 1 I v iiiiir (907) 224-4047 =linet�5/ , Y: What Are the Rules? - i.• . -i .� Effective October 1, 2019 Compliance _ _""" -+•v"ow ' • Retail establishments, food vendors and _s" • nonprofit vendors are prohibited from The ordinance is applicable to all food and providing plastic carry out bags to their retail establishments including but not _ customers at the point of sale to limited to: Environmental Impact transportShops,purchased items. • hardware stores, department • Requires all food providers to use stores Food Ware such as straws, utensils, and cups, recyclable, compostable or reusable food • Restaurants, bars, cafes that are not reusable or fiber-compostable ware. • Food vendors and cafeterias create tons of avoidable trash. It negatively impacts our natural and marine environment both locally and globally. Definitions Disposable food service ware means all 500 containers, bowls, plates, trays, cartons, cups, lids, and other items that are Million designated for one-time use and on, or in, which restaurant or retail food vendors 'i tons of plastic straws used in the U.S. every day. directly places or packages prepared food or which are used to consume foods. ° '` 1111 Plastic carry-out bag means a bag made ED from plastic that is not intended nor suitable for continuous reuse and that is less than two and one-quarter mils thick and is of seabirds have been found designed to carry customer purchases from a with plastic in their stomachs. seller's premises. ALTERNATIVES Polystyrene foam means and includes blown i' l li I i 110 polystyrene and expanded and extruded 2050 foams which are thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer and processed by any number of C::MPOSTABLE It is estimated that by 2050 there will - PAPER.STEEL- ' B:.c ,'Ct<PC:TA Ir.i a BAMBOO CM:POSTA•1.= techniques including but not limited to PAO^ STRAWS CONTAINERS be more plastic in the ocean than fish. fusion of polymer spheres, injection molding, Source: National Geographic, 2017 foam molding, and extrusion-blow molding. nq� Polystyrene Beginsy._7 . a 4�sKP 1 2019 cto er Single service articles made of expanded polystyrene ( EPS) will be banned • No retail or food establishment shall offer for use single service articles that consist of EPS including cups, containers, lids, closures, trays, plates, utensils, napkins, wrapping, etc. These EPS articles are still allowed • EPS containers used for pre-packaged food or products that have been filled and sealed outside City of Seward prior to receipt by the establishment. • EPS containers used to store raw meat, pork, fish, seafood or poultry. Carry-out Bag Options cilook fr. q. i _ ,. .:...... 1. /! Vof SE* 4Ay IP Single Use Plastic Carry-out Bag Ban Begins forse,. 4/. so October 1 , 2019 X Single use plastic carry-out bags are banned at all retail and food establishments These bags are allowed • Reusable bags • Recyclable paper bags • Compostable bags • Biodegradable plastic bags Carry-out Bag Options Jr' Not g