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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS - CODE OF ORDINANCES Title 10 - FOOD CODE CHAPTER 204. ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION: ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE PACKAGING CHAPTER 204. ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION: ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE PACKAGING 204.10. Legislative purpose. The city council finds that discarded packaging from foods and beverages prepared for immediate consumption constitutes a significant and growing portion of the waste in Minneapolis' waste stream. Regulation of food and beverage packaging, therefore, is a necessary part of any effort to encourage a recyclable and compostable waste stream, thereby reducing the disposal of solid waste and the economic and environmental costs of waste management for the citizens of Minneapolis and others working or doing business in Minneapolis. The council further finds that plastic packaging is rapidly replacing other packaging material, and that some plastic packaging used for foods and beverages is nonreusable, nonreturnable, nonrecyclable and noncompostable. The council also finds that the two (2) main processes used to dispose of discarded nonreusable, nonreturnable, nonrecyclable and noncompostable plastic food and beverage packaging are land filling and incineration, both of which should be minimized for environmental reasons. The council therefore finds that the minimization of nonreusable, nonreturnable, nonrecyclable and noncompostable food and beverage packaging originating at retail food establishments and at events providing food and/or beverages within the city of Minneapolis is necessary and desirable in order to minimize the city's waste stream, so as to reduce the volume of landfilled waste, to minimize toxic by-products of incineration, and to make our city and neighboring communities more environmentally sound places to live. (89-Or-060, § 1, 3-31-89; 96-Or-059, § 1, 6-28-96; 2014-Or-023, § 1, 5-23-14) 204.20. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings as defined in this section: (a) Packaging shall mean and include food or beverage cans, bottles or containers used to package food and beverage products for distribution including glasses, cups, plates, serving trays, and to -go containers; but shall specifically exclude foods pre -packaged by the manufacturer, producer or distributor; plastic knives, forks and spoons sold or intended for use as utensils; and plastic films less than ten (10) mils in thickness. (b) Environmentally acceptable packaging shall mean and include any of the following: (1) Reusable and returnable packaging: Food or beverage containers or packages, such as, but not limited to, water bottles, growlers, milk containers and bulk product packaging that are capable of being refilled at a retail location or returned to the distributor for reuse at least once as a container for the same food or beverage; (2) Recyclable packaging: Packaging that is separable from solid waste by the generator or during collection for the purpose of recycling including glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic food and beverage packaging that have robust recycling markets. For the purposes of this chapter, environmentally preferable plastic packaging includes the following plastic types: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 65, Update 3) Created: 2022-08-05 09:54:23 [EST] Page 1 of 4