Aspen, CO Adopts Plastic Bag Ban
October 18, 2011 | 1 min to read
ASPEN — It's official: Beginning in May, Aspen's two grocery stores, City Market and Clark's Market, will not provide plastic bags to shoppers during checkout.
The City Council decided in a 4-1 vote Tuesday to pass the ordinance presented by city environmental health specialist Ashley Cantrell. The measure — which faced rejection late in the two-hour discussion, when Mayor Mick Ireland offered an alternative plan to impose a fee on plastic bags for two years before a ban would go into effect— also includes a 20-cent fee on paper bags.
When Councilmen Torre and Adam Frisch indicated that they preferred to move forward with the plastic-bag ban and paper-bag fee in lieu of Ireland's compromise, the mayor and Councilman Steve Skadron decided to join them. Only Councilman Derek Johnson voted against the plan.
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