Vancouver May Phase Out Plastic Bags

And at least one B.C. merchant has already made the move voluntarily. Earlier this month, a Real Canadian Superstore on Vancouver Island stopped using plastic grocery bags, becoming the first store in the province to do so. "If … they provide the consumer with cloth carry bags, then you get something the customer keeps bringing, no different from what everybody overall does in Europe," said Richard. It's not the first time plastic shopping bags have been targeted in British Columbia. The District of Tofino voted to ban plastic bags in May 2007, but asked residents and business owners to comply with the ban voluntarily since no bylaw was passed to enforce a ban. And North Vancouver councillor Janice Harris proposed a $0.25 plastic bag tax at the meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities in 2006. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/11/26/bc-plasticban.html

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