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Can Winnipeg Get a Handle on Our Plastic Bag Problem?
Originally published in the March/April edition of the Eco-Journal
The chance to join a growing number of cities, states, and countries leading the way in eliminating or restricting the use of plastic bags passed Winnipeg by in early March.
Members of the City of Winnipeg’s Standing Policy Committee on Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works met to consider a report on a strategy for the elimination of plastic bag use in Winnipeg resulting from a motion introduced to council by St. Norbert Councillor Justin Swandel in December 2007.
The report offered some interesting Winnipeg-specific plastic bag facts: city residents use approximately 135 million plastic bags annually, 50 per cent of all bags are used more than once before heading to the landfill, and plastic bags make up less than 1 per cent of total landfill waste – equivalent to around 800 tonnes. The report also provided three options for consideration:
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