Missoula to Legislature: Let Cities Decide Rule Around Plastics (Missoula Current)

Missoula Current’s Martin Kidston writes (Feb. 6, 2023): “With overwhelming public support, members of the Missoula City Council on Monday gave final approval to a resolution urging the state Legislature to hand back local control on a number of issues, including a community's authority to regulate plastic.

The primary interest lies around single-uses plastics such as straws, stirrers, polystyrene containers and bags. Other states have regulated such plastics but under House Bill 407, adopted by the Legislature two years ago, Missoula and other interested Montana cities cannot.” Read the full article >>

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This resolution was submitted to the Missoula City Council by members of our volunteer-led Plastic Working Group.