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Timestamp: 2020-01-20 05:45:39
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', 'Art. 45']

Town of Mansfield, MA Plastic Waste Reduction
Ch 180 Art III Plastic Waste Reduction
§ 180-16 Purpose.
§ 180-17 Definitions.
§ 180-18 Regulated conduct.
§ 180-19 Exemption.
§ 180-20 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 180-21 Effective date.
§ 180-23 Severability.
Town of Mansfield, MA / Part II: General Legislation / Solid Waste
Article III Plastic Waste Reduction
[Added 4-10-2018 ATM by Art. 45]
The purpose of this bylaw is to protect the Town's natural beauty and irreplaceable natural resources by reducing the number of single-use plastic check-out bags that are distributed and used in the Town of Mansfield and to promote the use of reusable bags.
The Mansfield Health Department.
The Health Agent for the Mansfield Board of Health or their designee.
A paper bag that is 100% recyclable and contains at least 40% post-consumer recycled content, and displays in a visible manner on the outside of the bag the word "recyclable" or a symbol identifying the bag as recyclable and a label identifying the bag as being made from post-consumer recycled content and the percentage of post-consumer recycled content in the bag.
Any business facility that sells goods directly to the consumer, whether for or not for profit, including, but not limited to, retail stores, restaurants, pharmacies, convenience and grocery stores, liquor stores, seasonal and temporary businesses.
Made of durable, nontoxic plastic other than polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride that is generally considered a food-grade material that is more than four mils thick.
Those bags typically with handles, constructed of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or polypropylene (other than woven and nonwoven polypropylene fabric), if said film is less than 4.0 mils in thickness.
No retail establishment in the Town of Mansfield shall provide thin-film, single-use plastic check-out bags to customers.
Retail establishments with a floor area equal to or exceeding 3,500 square feet or with at least two locations under the same name within the Town of Mansfield that total 3,500 square feet or more, that make available thin-film, single-use plastic check-out bags, with or without handles, that are exempted under this bylaw are required to provide for in-store collection and proper recycling of returned thin-film, single-use plastic check-out bags. Retail establishments with a floor area less than 3,500 square feet that make available thin-film, single-use plastic check-out bags, with or without handles, exempted under this bylaw, are required to provide for in-store collection and are required to properly recycle collected thin-film, single-use plastic check-out bags if an in-Town dropoff location or other no-fee option is available. In-store collection locations must be prominently displayed and easily accessible.
Fines shall be cumulative, and each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
This bylaw shall take effect six months following approval of the bylaw by the Attorney General or on November 1, 2018, whichever is later, for retail establishments with a floor area equal to or exceeding 3,500 square feet or with at least two locations under the same name within the Town of Mansfield that total 3,500 square feet or more. This bylaw shall take effect one year after passage for retail establishments less than 3,500 square feet. The Director may exempt a retail establishment from the requirements of this section for a period of up to six months upon a finding by the Director that:
The requirements of this section would cause undue hardship; or
A retail establishment requires additional time in order to draw down an existing inventory of thin-film, single-use check-out plastic bags.
If any provision of this bylaw is declared invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.