Thank you for hosting bag ban workshop in Bristol
To the editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank Councilman Sweeney for his courage in organizing the Town Hall workshop last night (Feb 20th) regarding a possible thin film plastic check out bag ban ordinance. Councilman Sweeney showed true leadership bringing a topic of debate to the chambers of the Bristol Town [...]
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Before Bristol follows the town of Barrington and bans supermarkets and other ‘big box’ stores from supplying shoppers with single use plastic bags to carry their purchases, the Bristol town council wants time to weigh its options and find the reasons how the thin film plastic gets into the environment. At the request of town [...]
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If town councilman Timothy Sweeney gets his way, clerks at stores in Bristol, such as the Stop and Shop on Metacom Avenue, will no longer ask the question: Paper or plastic? Mr. Sweeney, along with Bristol resident Ethan Tucker are leading the charge to eliminate the bags from “big box” stores and, in effect, from [...]
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