"PORT TOWNSEND — Now that an ordinance forbidding single-use plastic bags in groceries and other stores has been passed by the Port Townsend City Council, the mayor would like the action to be known as more than a plastic-bag ban.
“I would like to see us develop a way to encourage people to use durable containers,” Mayor David King said.
“This should be our legacy.”
The City Council on Monday unanimously approved, on a second reading, the measure that is the only such law to be approved on the North Olympic Peninsula.
It previously was discussed at two meetings of the Special Projects Committee and by the full council June 2.
With the action, Port Townsend becomes the sixth Washington city to pass a similar ordinance, after Bainbridge Island, Bellingham, Edmonds, Issaquah, Mukilteo and Seattle.
Seattle's plastic-bag ban, which was approved in December, went into effect Sunday.
The Port Townsend ordinance will take effect Nov. 2, four months between passage and implementation.
Most of the cities allowed at least six months for education about the plan.
The timing of the Port Townsend ordinance is meant to coincide with the holiday season.
The city immediately will begin its education program, which will include contacting local merchants and helping them conform with the new rules. "
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