Plastic Shopping Bags

• How Edmonton’s new single-use item bylaw affects your drive-thru order

  According to the city, a drive-through bag that contains the food order is considered a shopping bag under the bylaw and can be provided for 15 cents.

  Consumer

  Jul 3, 2023
  
• As stores ditch shopping bags, what’s next for Canada’s plastic ban?

  The switch away from single-use plastics has not come without its challenges for businesses looking for sustainable and affordable alternatives.

  Environment

  Jun 6, 2023
  
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• Biodegradable bags could survive more than 3 years in soil: study

  The bags were exposed to environments that they could potentially encounter if discarded as litter, including air, soil and the sea.

  Apr 29, 2019
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• Atlantic Canada’s biggest city to look at banning plastic shopping bags

  Halifax council has asked city staff to examine a plastic bag ban, a move that would follow the lead of Montreal, where single-use plastic bags were banned at the start of the year, and Victoria, where a ban takes effect July 1.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2018