| # | Name | Comments |
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| 151 | Vanessa Bell | Plastic bags clog up the landfills unneccessarily and cause harm to wildlife. They should not be used as other alternatives are more than available. |
| 152 | T. Page | Tax the bags for a year or two to generate revenue and reduce consumption, then get rid of them all together. |
| 153 | Anonymous | |
| 154 | Ted Hudson | |
| 155 | Amy Moizumi | |
| 156 | Sarah Gleeson | |
| 157 | Kathy Sinclair | |
| 158 | Anonymous | |
| 159 | Jenn | It's a small price to pay to stop filling the land fills. One plastic bag can take over 150 years to break down. |
| 160 | Shannon Mwenda | |
| 161 | Ray | |
| 162 | Barbara | I have recently bought two big reusable shopping bags and I feel good about not having to add to the already huge pile of plastic bags in my house. By adding the 15 cents charge to plastic bags should help people be more aware of the plastic bag issues and to do their part. However, it may also be good to offer free reusable shopping bags to those who are on fixed incomes and/or can't afford them. |
| 163 | Samantha Stewart | |
| 164 | Anonymous | |
| 165 | Erika | |
| 166 | Erika | |
| 167 | Marguerite Sans | |
| 168 | Jeanette Kramer | |
| 169 | Laurel Stelling | |
| 170 | Chenoa LeBlanc | |
| 171 | Aimee Vallieres | |
| 172 | Cassandra Van Dyck | |
| 173 | Darcy Bangsund | |
| 174 | Anonymous | |
| 175 | Amanda Wood | |
| 176 | Kamelli Mark | |
| 177 | Carys Jones | Please support the tax on disposable bags. These items are clogging our landfills, and garbage contained within takes longer to rot than garbage disposed of in paper bags. This is an issue that can not be ignore! |
| 178 | Anonymous | |
| 179 | C. Brauer | Did you know there is a new plastic island 1/2 way between San Fran and Hawaii that is 2x the size of Texas? About time we banned plastic bags! |
| 180 | Helen Spiegelman | Plastic bags are like throw-away beer cans were in the 1960s: the public is sick of seeing them on the roadsides and waterways. There's a groundswell of opposition to plastic bags all over the world: see our blog at www.zerowastevancouver.blogspot.com. There will be many ways that governments at all levels will address public concern: bans, taxes, etc. It is not clear that municipalities in Canada have the authority to impose taxes. However, municipalities do have the authority to ban plastic bags from the garbage system. If consumers have no place to get rid of the plastic, that might deter them from accepting it! The recommendation before Vancouver city council was for staff to do a report. That will give us an opportunity to have input into how we will tackle this problem as a community. |
| 181 | Melissa Turner | |
| 182 | Carmela Mendoza | |
| 183 | Grant Lawrence | I would love to chat with someone about this effort, I think it is great.
Have you checked out the bans in Radipleaf Manitoba and San Fran?
Cheers,
Grant 250-766-2698 |
| 184 | Anonymous | We use the Plastic Bags to use as Garbage bags.
If we did not use them we would have to buy "Glad Plastic Garbage bags"
Are they practical alternatives are there for people who live in condos etc.
I can't use a paper bag for garbage as they just get wet.
Are there any other more environmentally friendly and practical alternatives to replace the plastic garbage bags and plastic glad etc. garbage bags?
I would love to see a story on this. It might help more then simply saying Plastic is bad.
Show us and teach us how to get around not using plastic bags. |
| 185 | Anonymous | We use the Plastic Bags to use as Garbage bags.
If we did not use them we would have to buy "Glad Plastic Garbage bags"
Why does CTV, Global or CBC not do an artical on this.
Are they practical alternatives are there for people who live in condos etc.
I can't use a paper bag for garbage as they just get wet.
Are there any other more environmentally friendly and practical alternatives to replace the plastic garbage bags and plastic glad etc. garbage bags?
I would love to see a story on this. It might help more then simply saying Plastic is bad.
Show us and teach us how to get around not using plastic bags. |
| 186 | CheyAnne Bickerton | |