Paper or plastic? Utah lawmakers may overrule cities’ eco-friendly bag bans.

Plastic bags blowing around are a problem across Utah, but for some state lawmakers the bigger issue is cities’ efforts to ban them.Targeting ordinances already enacted by two left-leaning, tourism-dependent cities, HB320 would block Utah cities and counties from regulating “auxiliary containers.”“Consistency in the market” is the driving need for the measure, sponsoring Rep. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, told the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment