Plastic Grocery Bags in Minneapolis
From:
Karen Cooper
Date:
Mar 17 19:01 UTC
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At 1:09 PM -0500 3/17/08, Young, Susan wrote:
>With respect to recycling, yes, paper bags are preferred, but any rigid
>container of 10 gallon size or less is also OK.
I have called the city number 311 twice with questions about
recycling and been told both times that paper bags for separated
recycling items are *required.*
Too, the city of Minneapolis web site says here
<http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/solid-waste/recycling-separating.asp>:
"All recycling must be placed in separate paper bags [...]"
If in fact Minneapolis recyclers can separate their recycling into
permanent containers of some sort and not use paper bags, those who
answer the 311 line should be informed, and the relevant web pages
should be re-written.
Our family can't consider using cloth grocery bags or any similar
reuseable resource, because we get more mail than you'd believe and
so require a large number of paper bags, and this requirement is
something I've become increasingly resentful of.
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