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Article 6 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to amend the Mashpee General Bylaws as follows, or take any other action <br /> relating thereto: <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 straws that go uncollected by DPW <br /> have a high chance of ending up on the beaches or in the bays or ponds within the Town. <br /> 3. Plastic straws take hundreds of years to degrade, during which time they remain hazardous to <br /> wildlife and harmful to the environment. <br /> 4. There is currently a national movement to reduce and ban the use of plastic straws, making <br /> reasonable affordable alternatives increasingly available. <br /> Because Mashpee has the regulatory authority to protect the natural environment, the economy, and <br /> the health of the Town and its citizens, this Bylaw prohibits the sale or dispensing of single use plastic <br /> straws, including those made from polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene, by any food <br /> establishment, retail establishment, or public venue in the Town of Mashpee. <br /> §126-15 Definitions <br /> "Plastic Straw" shall mean any single use plastic straw including but not limited to those made from <br /> polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene. <br /> "Food Establishments" shall mean any operations, including without limitation schools, farmers <br /> markets and other public venues that store, prepare, package, serve, vend or otherwise provide food <br /> for human consumption. Any establishment requiring a permit to operate in accordance with the State <br /> Sanitary Code- Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments -, 105 CMR 590.000, et. seq., <br /> shall be considered Food Establishments for the purposes of this bylaw. <br /> "Retail Establishments" shall mean any commercial business facility that sells goods directly to <br /> consumers including but not limited to grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores, convenience stores, <br /> retail stores and vendors sell clothing, food, and personal items, dry cleaning services theaters and all <br /> other food services establishments. <br /> "Public Venues" shall mean operations including but not limited to schools, meeting halls, churches <br /> Town offices, the Senior Center, Recreation Department facilities, and the Library. <br /> 13 <br />