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*DRAFT#5* OCTOBER 21, 2019 Annual Town Meet-Ing Warrant
<br /> Chapter 126
<br /> Article III
<br /> Single,Use Plastic Straw Ban
<br /> §126-14 Purpose and Findings,
<br /> It has been found that:
<br /> 1. Plastic straws are expensive and difficult to collect or recycle.
<br /> 2. Mashpee's proximity to water bodies means that plastic strews that go uncollected by DPW
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<br /> have a high chance of ending up on the beaches or'in tWfi ys or ponds within the Town.
<br /> 3. Plastic straws take hundreds of years to degrade du,4`1, ilg Which time they remain hazardous
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<br /> 4. There is currently a national movement to .........
<br /> reasonable affordable alternatives increassiin, e allable. �";', ..
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<br /> and the health of the Town end its citizens,this Bylawvslpro�1641R he sale or dis"Aens,ing of single use
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<br /> o p y e n e,a n d polystyrene,b y a n y food
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<br /> §126-15 Definitions
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<br /> polyethylene, P"
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<br /> ry i n i m,�uf",a fion standards for food Establishments 105 CMPio-00�0,
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<br /> et. seq., sha'!'i",�,,,,i��.,,cons-idered F66, 1stabli-s.-Hmr,ents for the purposes of this bylaw.
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<br /> "Retail Establishh"'t",�;"'r":eb.;ts" shall eaany commercial business, facility that sells -goods directly to
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<br /> consumers,including loul-Inot limit�l ery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores,convenience stores,
<br /> retail stores a n d v e n d 0 s"i1,'s`7'�eb rc,.00'. 0 and personal items, dry cleaning services theaters and
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<br /> all other food services esta m- ents.
<br /> "Public" en,ues, shall, m-ean operations including but not limited to schools, meeting halls, churches
<br /> Town offices,the Senio-.r Center, Recreation Depcar tment facilities, and the Library.
<br /> §126-16 Use Regulations
<br /> Plastic Straws shall not be used, dispensed or sold by food establishments and/or retail
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<br /> establishments within the Town of Mashpee on or after July 1, 2021. Any stock remaining after that
<br /> date shall be accepted for disposal free of charge, through June 30, 2021 at the Mashpee Transfer
<br /> Station/Recycling Center.
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