Clean Sweep—Understanding
Kiawah’s New Plastics Ordinance
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By Scott Nelson
eptember 8, 2019: Not a holiday,
not the anniversary of some long-
forgotten Revolutionary or Civil
War battle or even the scheduled
date of a Lowcountry festival. But it was
a very significant date for the citizens and
businesses that call Kiawah their home. On
this date, the Town of Kiawah Island’s new
plastics ordinance went into effect. With the
passing of this ordinance, the Town has joined
the majority of beach communities in the
Lowcountry, the City of Charleston, Charleston
County, and other jurisdictions state and
nationwide in banning single-use plastics.
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Photo by Jack Kotz