Springfield may soon join a growing list of Massachusetts communities that have banned plastic bags.
A proposed ordinance that would ban retailers from distributing single-use plastic bags at the point of sale is scheduled to be voted on Monday night by the Springfield City Council.
Councilor Jesse Lederman has been working in committee to craft the ordinance since last October.
"What it is about is recognizing the fact that we have to reduce the amount of waste going into our waste stream and especially around single-use plastics," said Lederman.
About 90 cities and towns in Massachusetts have plastic bag bans on the books.
Springfield would be the second-largest city after Boston with a plastic bag ordinance.
The proposed bag ban would take effect 12 months from the date of final approval at large retailers and in 18 months at stores that measure less than 10,000 square-feet.
