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to go <br />The Environmentally Acceptable Packaging Ordinance <br />Minneapolis <br />City of Lakes <br />FoC�o'e ""'rinatfon <br />WWW•in/nn aAo/is,nn <br />sit <br />WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW �GreenToGo <br />GREEN TO GO EXEMPTIONS END APRIL 22, 2019 <br />Some products have been exempted from the Green To Go ordinance. The exemption allows businesses to use <br />the products even though they do not meet the requirements of the Green To Go ordinance. <br />The exempted products are: <br />• Polyethylene (PE) lined paper hot and cold cups and containers for liquids (soup, etc.) , and <br />• Rigid polystyrene (plastic #6) lids for those containers. The lids are marked with a #6 inside three <br />chasing arrows. <br />Minneapolis Environmental Health has determined the product exemptions will end April 22, 2019. <br />By ending the exemptions in 2019, businesses have time to use up existing inventory and work with <br />distributors to purchase products that meet Green To Go requirements. This approach is consistent with the <br />educational approach used when the Green To Go ordinance was amended in 2014. <br />KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE <br />The Green To Go ordinance requires food and beverages prepared for immediate consumption and to -go must be placed in <br />packaging that is reusable, recyclable or compostable. Recyclable materials must be recycled. Compostable plastics must <br />be composted. The ordinance went into effect on April22, 2015 (Earth Day). <br />WHO IS AFFECTED? <br />All people, businesses, events, or individuals who serve or give away food prepared for immediate consumption. This <br />includes all restaurants; grocery store deli cases; food trucks and other mobile vendors; and temporary, short term and <br />seasonal food vendors. <br />WHAT IS PACKAGING? <br />Food or beverage cans, bottles, or containers used to package product for immediate consumption including glasses, cups, <br />plates, serving trays, and to -go containers. <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE PACKAGING is reusable, recyclable, or compostable. <br />x <br />I PO <br />Compostable plastics must meet <br />t6 Plastics: Ll,.• L2� �5� ASTM standard D6868 or be certified <br />Ps PETE HOPE PP compostable by Cedar Grove or BPI. <br />www.minneapolismn.gov/GreenToGo <br />