Problems with Plastic Bag Ordinance

"...do what I can to reduce the amount of garbage I produce, the execution of our single-use plastic bag..."

Aug. 20, 2013 Postmarks

Bag Ban Aftereffects

Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance

"...Council a report on the environmental impacts of the bag ban two years after it went into effect. While..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

State Supremes Consider Bag Ban

Laredo law banning single-use bags goes to court

"...the city of Laredo enacted a partial ban on single-use bags in 2015. (Austin enacted a similar law in..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: In the Bag

The question you won't hear in Austin anymore: 'paper or plastic?'

"...not be the first city in Texas to ban "single-use" bags, but it's the first to get thumped with..."

March 1, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Bag It

Proposed plastic bag ban will be popular – and under assault

"...to the city's estimates, Austinites annually use 263 million single-use plastic bags – the sort we grab at checkout..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Say Goodbye to the Plastic Bag Ban

Texas Supreme Court rules city ordinances can't override state law

"...are we going to do about all these tote bags we have been gifted?..."

June 22, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

What Future for Flying Plastic Bags?

Supreme Court ponders single-use bag bans

"...Court heard a defense of the City of Laredo's single-use bag ordinance, over a challenge by the Laredo Merchants..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Council: It’s Never Over

Bag bans, budgets, and Southwest Key

"...Aug. 30, with 71 Items to cover. Expect an ordinance pleading with businesses to keep adhering to our now-defunct..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

After a Fashion: The Jewelry Vault

Stephen's got a brand new bag, and it has some local landmarks on it

"...A WHOLE NEW BAG..."

June 21, 2013 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...the 20th anniversary of voters' overwhelming approval of an ordinance limiting development over the Barton Springs segment of the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...policies, including the city's short-term rental and ridesharing regulations, single-use bag ban, the upcoming $250 million affordable housing bond,..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

TDH: 7/25/11

Plastic bag ban, Water Treatment Plant 4 come to council

"...Plastic bag ban? Water Treatment Plant No. 4 revolt? The Hustle..."

July 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

It's Official: Bring Your Own Bags

The long campaign to ban the bags comes to fruition

"...exhausted council voted 7-0 to implement a ban on single-use retail bags – both plastic and paper – beginning..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Heavy Mettle

Fact of Life

"...the 1931 zoning map well predates the ascension of single-use zoning as planning gospel; in the pre-WWII context, it..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...made it a mission to chip away at local ordinances and the decisions of voters and democratically elected officials...."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Where There's Smoke …

Across the country, perspectives on the smoking bans offer a very mixed bag

"...require the City Council to place a stricter smoking ordinance onto the May 7 City Council election ballot. (The..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Remember Your Bags

"...Dear Editor, Please remember to bring your reusable shopping bags! I know it can be easy to forget them..."

May 4, 2021 Postmarks

Council: I Hear a Lotta Buzzin'

City Council considers Formula One flight plans

"...Kathie Tovo responding to neighborhood complaints by proposing an ordinance that would impose limits on helicopter sites and flights...."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

(Please Still) Bring Your Own Bags

City will try to persuade businesses to advocate for reusable bags

"...The Texas Supreme Court's strike-down of Laredo's citywide plastic bag ban last month had a ripple effect on other..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

What’s the Deal With Styrofoam Cups and Plastic Drinking Straws?

Zero Waste Advisory Commission encourages Austinites to take small steps to reduce pollution

"...Despite meddling from a decidedly anti-environment state government, Austin..."

June 29, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...clear response to Austin's contentious source of income discrimination ordinance (see "Housing Ordinance Back in Effect – For Now,"..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Winter Is Coming! Embrace the Cold as Night King Greg Abbott.

The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover

"...spirits of demoralized Austinites! – in one or more single-use plastic bags, which henceforth will be handed out for..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Features Feature

Headlines

"...intact a former city official's apparent misrepresentation of an ordinance requiring White Lodging to pay prevailing wages in exchange..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature

Headlines

"...Austin Energy and a possible phase-in of the long-debated single-use plastic bag ban, a slew of proposed event fee..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...coffee and food from local businesses, as well as bags of finished compost...."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...Nikelle Meade, the city of Austin is interpreting PUD ordinance language as a limit on its powers to exact..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to conveniently blame all future closings on the smoking ordinance, and each time a business goes under he plans..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...new Hill Country subdivisions? Stay tuned.) Recycling, Landfills, Plastic Bags..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Smoking Ordinance Unfair..."

June 4, 2004 Column

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...spray in your purse, pocket, or high-stylin' D&G messenger bag when you're out and about Downtown. Despite a visible..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

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