Tourism board not interested in paper bag business
Buying and warehousing paper bags does not appear to be a business the county’s tourism authority is interested in pursuing.
The Dare County Tourism Board reviewed ideas that included finding a supplier to provide a bulk price for paper bags to ease some of the burden of the expanded plastic bag ban on smaller businesses.
Warehousing them was another idea discussed by area business and government leaders. Last month, the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce sent out a poll to members to gauge interest in forming a consortium to buy bags in bulk.
“We do not want to be in the paper bag selling business,” Chairman Paul Buske told the board last week.
Earlier this year, the General Assembly voted to ban the use of plastic bags by all retail outlets. Previously it applied only to stores more than 5,000 square feet or with five or more outlets in the state. The full ban goes into effect Oct. 1.
The board agreed to work with distributors like Jennette Brothers and Sysco to see if they would offer a lower price for people who already do business with them.
“It’s something that’s really out of our scope of what we normally do,” Buske said.
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Bill Holt says:
It may have never come to this if it weren’t for irresponsible people (I included) not properly disposing or recycling them. Sad… It is the wrong time for government to force this on small business. There is no help available for them from government as it is… sad to say!
Louise says:
Thank goodness SOMEONE in this county has some common sense !
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