Plastic Bag Free March 14, 2012 – Thrifty Foods, located in British Columbia (BC), Canada will remain plastic bag free. “We have been plastic bag free since 2009″, said Erin Kelly, Communications Manager with Thrifty Foods. Ms. Kelly also stated, “We are not reintroducing plastic bags into our system.” Thrifty…
On September 15th of 2010, the city of Sioux Lookout became the first municipality in Ontario, Canada to pass a bylaw prohibiting the distribution of single-use plastic bags by retailers. In October of this year, the current city council decided to repeal the bylaw. It seems that the bylaw was…
[box type="info"] The following story is reprinted by permission from Northern News Services Ltd. at NNSL.com The story was written by Heather Lange of Northern News Services and Published Thursday, September 1, 2011. NNSL covers the Northwest Territories of Canada. The photo to the left is the Downtown Skyline of…
Hub of the North Thompson, a city located in northern Manitoba, Canada is known for its subartic climate. For nine months of each year, the climate is so bitterly cold that many automobile manufacturers and aerospace companies use Thompson as a testing site for their products. As the third largest…
We reported on August 1st, that Sioux Lookout was nearing a plastic bag ban. On September 15th, 2010, The City of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada, became the first Municipality in Ontario to ban plastic bags. Sioux Lookout Municipal Council gave third and final reading to By‐Law No. 20‐10. The Council…
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo passed a plastic bag ban last December and the bylaw takes effect Wednesday, September 1st, 2010. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, also known as Fort McMurray, is located in northeastern Alberta, Canada. The area is well known as the ‘Oil Sands Capital of…
The City of Sioux Lookout, located in north-west Ontario, Canada, is working toward passage of By-Law No. 20-10. This proposed By-Law is to prohibit the sale or free distribution of plastic bags within the Municipality of Sioux Lookout. The Council passed the Second Reading of the By-Law at its latest…
BYLAW NO. 09/033 BEING A BYLAW OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WOOD BUFFALO, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF SINGLE-USE SHOPPING BAGS BY ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITIY OF WOOD BUFFALO WHEREAS pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A…
Renowned as the Oilsands Capital in Canada, The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has banned the distribution of single-use shopping bags effective Sept. 1, 2010. Known as “The Single-Use Shopping Bag Bylaw”, the Council of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in the Province of Alberta, passed and signed the…
New Plastic Bag By-Law Starting January 1, 2010, all retail business establishments in the City of Orillia will be required to charge a minimum five-cent ($0.05) fee for each plastic shopping bag they distribute. The law applies to retail outlets, fast food restaurants, and convenience stores. Both the number of…
Becoming eco-friendly is possible, even if this concept is new to you . .
I do not mind the plastic bag ban at all..... I say everyone stop whining . . .
It was great to read about a younger generation drawing attention to environmental issues.
Just to follow up on what Andy said, in the UK some supermarkets now charge for plastic bags
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