Just ban the ugly things. I agree than minimum wage is an inefficient way to alter the consumption pattern. Direct transfer through income tax and social spending would be much more efficient way of achieving the same goal. In almost every country, the income tax rates are becoming flatter.
Social spendings are even less popular than tax increases.
Compared to that, raising the minimum wage faces relatively little opposition. Aside from that, raising the minimum wage probably has another impact. It will encourage firms to adopt labor saving technology or withdraw from labor-intensive industries. While this will increase unemployment in the short-term, it might be a blessing in disguise in the long run. Whether this increase is enough to offset the previous loss in labor intensive sector is difficult to judge.