Lori Lawrence, of Bag Free Wichita, and Sheila Regehr, of Dillons Food Stores based in Hutchinson, outlined on the Kansas Reflector podcast strategies aimed at taking a bite out of demand and supply of plastic bags. Lawrence is part of the Wichita City Council’s task force studying potential of an ordinance prohibiting use of plastic bags by businesses starting in 2023. Regehr is on Wichita’s task force but said Dillons, which is part of Kroger Co., has a plan to eliminate use of these bags in its stores by 2025. “I’ve been an environmentalist for some time and plastic bags are something that cannot be avoided in our city at this point. They are everywhere in the stores, but they’re also everywhere on the streets and in the trees and in our parks,” Lawrence said. “We finally got the single-use plastic bag task force set up with the city of Wichita, and we’ve had a great group of people working on this. We’ve come to a decision on banning bags.”
Source: Pratt Tribune
