MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Duluth City Council passed a 5-cent fee for plastic bags at stores Monday night.
The move comes just days after Minneapolis passed a similar ordinance.
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The ordinance does include exceptions for individuals using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, programs to pay for some or all of their purchase.
MORE NEWS: How Can You Tell If You're Truly Burning Out? What Can You Do About It?The council passed the ordinance in a 6-2 vote.