Critics question the city s continued delay. Written By: Peter Passi | ×
Plastic and paper bags sit ready for use at checkout at Mount Royal Market in Duluth. (File / News Tribune)
The Duluth City Council could once again push off the implementation of a nickel-per-plastic bag fee that is slated to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
Council President Gary Anderson has sponsored an amended ordinance that would delay the fee until 90 days after emergency COVID-19 pandemic declarations by the city and/or state of Minnesota expire. I think it s a two-sided coin that we need to be looking at. One is the essential workers, the people who are serving us in our grocery stores primarily. Then, the other side is just the pressure that we are all feeling as individuals and as families, Anderson said.