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\"ReusableDid you hear the one about the law banning the law banning the bag? Seriously, it\u2019s a thing (in Minnesota, at least). But don’t worry, as\u00a0some retailers are rewarding those stalwart citizens who bring reusable shopping bags<\/a> anyway!<\/p>\n

It all started last year. Minneapolis city council passed an ordinance banning plastic bags, as may other countries, cities, and states worldwide have done over the past several years. That ordinance, which should have started on June 1, 2017, set the wheels in motion for affected retailers. Note the use of the words “should have”.<\/p>\n

Target, coincidentally headquartered in Minneapolis, has historically taken a leadership role in communities that pass plastic bag restrictions. So it\u2019s no surprise that they planned well ahead for the bag ban in their backyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent quite a bit of time actually, informing our team, getting them talking to the guests so that this wasn\u2019t a shocking kind of change for them,\u201d said Murray Williams, Target\u2019s Nicollet Mall store manager.<\/p>\n

But on May 31, the day before the ordinance was set to begin, the signs that reminded Target shoppers to bring their own bags were gone. Thousands of paper bags that were set to replace plastic will now be shipped off to Super Target stores.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed legislation prohibiting cities from banning any type of bag just one day before the city\u2019s ban was to go into effect.
\nAre you following? The state put a ban on banning bags. Crazy, no?<\/p>\n

Luckily it sounds like Minneapolis city officials aren\u2019t so willing to take no for an answer. The group that championed the ordinance hopes that someday a statewide ban will go into effect. In the meantime, they still encourage shoppers to bring reusable shopping bags<\/a> on store trips and cite statistics about the environmental effect of plastic bags, including the fact that most plastic bags in Minneapolis end up in the garbage burner downtown.
\nTarget\u2019s encouraging reusable shopping bag use in their own way: they are giving customers who bring their own bags a 5-cent discount.<\/p>\n

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