An ordinance that would ban the distribution of non-compostable plastic shopping bags in the Haines Borough was introduced by the assembly on April 23.
If approved, the draft ordinance would take effect January 1, 2020, to give businesses time to transition. Plastic bags used to package bulk items such as produce, nuts, candy or leaking products are excluded.
Assembly member Heather Lende, who introduced the ordinance, said the sixth-graders and Haines Friends of Recycling who…
