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The Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com have announced that the last issue of ShopCLE will be published and distributed on January 27, 2016.

(Dale J. McDonald, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com will drop its last ShopCLE weekly circular in Cleveland yards next month.

The circulars became controversial over the last few weeks as residents from several communities complained about their distribution.

Chris Chimes, project manager at The Plain Dealer announced the move Thursday: "The Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com have announced that the last issue of ShopCLE will be published and distributed on January 27, 2016. Until then, delivery of the local news, information and shopping product will continue each Wednesday, via the USPS or carrier delivery to driveways."

Cleveland City Council on Monday passed an emergency resolution saying the "careless tossing" of ShopCLE on driveways, sidewalks and tree lawns violates the city's littering ordinance.

ShopCle consists of local news, information and advertisements placed in plastic bags and dropped in driveways every Wednesday.

The city has received numerous complaints from residents, and the plastic bags are hazards to wildlife, the resolution states.

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