St. Louis Park backs away from plastic bag ban

Earlier this year, St. Louis Park took aim at being the first city in Minnesota to ban plastic bags.

Now city leaders are backing away from that goal — it would be more symbolic than substantive, they say — but moving ahead on a companion proposal requiring all takeout food packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable.

A public hearing on the proposal is set for next week.

http://www.startribune.com/st-louis-park-backs-away-from-plastic-bag-ban/359774381/