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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Costumer at SLP Nutrition chooses to use a straw for her drink. SLP Nutrition offers self-service straw dispensers as a way to comply with the city's Zero-Waste Packaging Ordinance.

St. Louis Park implements new amendment

Molly Schochet January 31, 2020

The straw by request amendment was an addition made to the Zero-Waste Packaging Ordinance, according to St. Louis Park solid waste specialist Emily Barker. “We amended our Zero-Waste Packaging Ordinance....

Art by Sophie Livingston. In an attempt to reduce straw waste and help the environment, the straws by request amendment was added to the Zero Waste Packaging Ordinance. The straws by request amendment went into effect Jan. 1.

Straws by request will create environmental impact

January 17, 2020

In an attempt to reduce the amount of plastic used by consumers in St. Louis Park, the straws by request amendment was added to the Zero Waste Packaging Ordinance, which went into effect Jan. 1. Under...

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