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1 Agenda Cover Memorandum Meeting Date: April23, 2012 Item Title: Use of Plastic Bags Action Requested: D IZ! D Approval For discussion Feedback requested Staff Contact: Phone Number: Address: D For your information Juliana A Mailer, Deputy City Man~ u 847/ jmaller@parkridge. us Background: A presentation was given at the April16, 2012 City Council agenda by Natalie Whalen asking the City Council to consider restricting the use of single use plastic bags to help the environment. The Mayor asked that the Procedures and Regulations Committee discuss the proposal. Attached is her cdmmittee's request. Staff was also asked to contact the businesses in town that use single use plastic bags. The Chamber of Commerce sent out a note to their membership and the Deputy City Manager spoke with the manager's at both Jewel and Dominicks grocery stores. Both Jewel and Dominicks indicated that it would cost them a lot more to replace the use of plastic bags with paper bags. Both Jewel and Dominicks have recycling programs and often receive plastic bags from other stores. Jewel provided information that they sell all of their used bags and cardboard to a third party recycler. They both sell reusable bags as well. Recommendation: Please discuss and provide direction to staff. Budget Implications: Does Action Require an Expenditure of Funds: If Yes, Total Cost: If Yes, is this a Budgeted Item: If Budgeted, Budget Code (Fund, Dept, Object) Attachments: D Yes DYes IZI No 0No Requested discussion items Jewel Recycling Information Rev 04/09/12

2 The following points outline a request for a subcommittee of the Procedures and Regulations Committee to commence a conversation for Park Ridge retailers and citizens to reduce dependence on single-use plastic bags. There are many approaches to consider. All of the following suggestions are based on researched facts. a. Please consider editing and then signing a letter (which the subcommittee mentioned above will draft) as citizens and more importantly as leaders of Park Ridge asking the State legislature (through our local State Reps and the Governor's office) to give us up to date information on any possibility of any bans on single-use plastic shopping bags state-wide; b. Please request that Mayor Schmidt proclaim a week this summer "Park Ridge Ban the Bag Week"; During this week, please consider showing multiple FREE screenings of the documentary: "Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?" c. Please consider asking the public information officer (or the appropriate person) to consider how City staff might move this initiative along with an article in the Spokesman and perhaps with other touch points with our citizens and with the stores; d. Please assist the sub-committee in contacting organizers of the Park Ridge Farmers Market to ask them to try to reduce their dependence on plastic bags or ask them to furnish signage to remind folks to bring their own. Perhaps the sub-committee can put a plan together with the Market organizers to reduce the number of bags offered over time; e. Please assist the sub-committee in contacting the chamber of commerce regarding this appeal and ask for their support on the supply end. Being Pro-Business we will show the chamber how this initiative has been pro-demand (thus pro-business) in other cities; f. Please assist the sub-committee in raising awareness about the reduction in single use plastic shopping bags by requiring increased signage and visibility in storefront windows that remind shoppers to bring their reusable shopping bags. g. Please support further research: 1) The sub-committee can report in to P&R with their research findings about other places (like Washington DC, LA, San Francisco, Mexico City, the Island of Kauai, Ireland) where the use of plastic bags is banned or officially discouraged. 2) The sub-committee can report to the P & R with their research findings about stores (like Target and Whole Foods) that offer incentives at checkout to people who do use reusable bags. 3) The sub-committee can report to the P & R with their research findings about areas that have taxed the use of plastic bags. 4) The subcommittee can research and report on how, into what machinery, and where the recycled bags from "take back" locations get used beneficially.

3 'Thl Environmental St!stainabiiity & Stewardship 7{~ :i~.11.,~ ~ '"!'~"' iwij!e. ~ ~ At SUPERVALU we are committed to environmental stewardship and sustainable operations, continually working to use energy more efficiently, reduce waste and decrease our carbon footprint. As part of our overall strategy to be positive community partners and leaders in our industry.as environmental stewards, SUPERVALU 110 has committed to significant sustainability goals. The SUPERVAlU Su:stainability Goals: Reduce our Carbon Footprint- Reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent by the end of 2012 (from 2007 baseline levels). * Become a Zero Waste Enterprise- Significantly reduce our landfill waste. "* Promote a Green Culture -Build a "green" culture with SUPERVALU associates through education, communication and engagement. 'it Provide Sustainable Products to our Customers- Provide "green" products and services to our customers to support their personal environmental goals. Supervalu and Jewel- Osco are Environmental Leaders in our Industry Zero Waste -In 201 0, Supervalu began the journey to transition stores to zero-waste operations. To achieve zero-waste recognition, stores must divert at least.9.0 percent of all waste from landfills through recycling, reuse orcomposting.. Jewei-Osco achieve(:! Zero Waste milestone status at.3 Bloomington, Normal area stores in March 2012, and is aggressively pursuing programs for additional stores.. ~-!J:J fl. Fresh Rescue- All180 Jewei-Osco stores actively participate in food pantry donations to the Greater Chicago land Food Depository, Northern Illinois Food Bank and a significant number of other local organizations. Reusable Produce Cases- Jewei-Osco utilizes reusable produce cases (RPC) to limit the amount of waxed _corrugated and wood crates that go into area landfills ~-~. I-GO- 350 Green- Solar charging stations for electric cars being installed in selecte.djewel:- Osco locations ~-~. Recycling- Jewel- Oscois a leader in recycling within the food industry and actively. recycles the following materials across the company: Corrugated Cardboard Waxed Cardboard Soft Plastics Hard Plastics Paper Scrap Metal Fleet Batteries Motor Oil Tires Cooking Oil ~-~ Food Scrap Diversion- Jewei-Osco is leading the efforts in the market to develop organic diversion programs removing organic waste from the traditional waste stream

4 y Commitment to Environmental Stewardship... SUPERVALU began a partnershipwithworld Wildlife Fund in early 2010 to assess our seafood supply and develop w;sys to improve the sustainability of our seafood buying practices and standards. The results of this analysis showed more than 40 percent ofthetop 20 wild"caught seafood species sold bysupervalu are already certified by the Marine Stewardship Councii"(MSC) or in full assessment To further expand this commitment, SUPERVALU announced its commitmentto source 100 percent of its top~twentywildccaughtseafood products from sustainable fisheries or tho.se on a dear pathway to sustain \ability by 2015: Specifically, these products will be. certified from fisheries that are MSC-certffied, rn full assessment, or involved in a.fisher)r improvement project with WWF by 2015;.Energy Effkiency -lrr201;1, SUPE~ALU j~ined the U.S. Department ~. Energy's Better B~ilding Challenge. Launched by President Obama and spearheaded. by former President Clinton and the. Pre.sident's Council. on Jobs and Competitiveness~ the challenge was signed by 9Ver 60 CEO's,. mayors and other organizations. The goal is to make.america' s buildings 20 percent more efficient. eve~ the next deca:de.. Reusable Bags -As part of our efforts to reduce the use of single use bags, SUPEINALU expanded our reusable bag program offering customers an affordable and environmentally conscious.solution alternative to traditional paper or plastic bags. SUPERVALU has been an industry leader in voluntary plastic bag recyclingprograms at ou rstores and many of the stores we supply. We participate in im. eco-friendly recycling program that converts plastic bags into composite lumber for benches, which SUPERVALU donates to local parks and!lchools; Creating a Green Culture- Expanding employee awareness and creating desire for.change are the keyingredientsto the success ofany sustainability program. SUPERVALU's Enterprise Environmental Steering Committee oversees a variety of activities aimed at 1'11inimizing the company's environmental footprint in addition to the company's efforts to make sustainability meaningful to shareholders, executive leadership; board of directors, and over 140,000 associates.supervalu promotes the. creation of green teams" arid events that promote company and personalstewardship throughout its office and retail locations Mi.guel Alba Community Relations ~md Government Affairs JEWEl-0 SCO Karen May External Communications Manager JEWEl.OSCO 630~

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