In July the City of Victoria became the first municipality in B.C. to ban plastic bags, and now it wants to look into banning disposable straws.
The idea has been put forward in councilB次元官网网址檚 draft strategic plan, which outlines a goal to implement a robust zero waste strategy by 2021.
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Since July Victoria businesses have not offered plastic bags to customers, except for a few exceptions including for meat, flowers, dry cleaning and bulk items.
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Much like the plastic bag ban there would need to be exceptions, especially for people with accessibility needs who might need straws to eat or drink their food.
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Straws would be one step, Helps said, but eventually, the City would also want to pursue banning disposable coffee cups and take-out containers.
B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 gonna be challenging, but when I think about how much waste there is in the landfill, if we can do things like take our own mugs, take our own takeout containers it will literally cut down on waste,B次元官网网址� Helps said.
The final version of the draft strategic plan will be done on Dec. 14, and it will be up for public discussion until the end of January 2019.
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