Vancouver Cup Fee

• Vancouver’s single-use cup fee to end May 1

  City council voted to scrap the 25-cent fee back in February, which came into effect in January 2022.

  Politics

  Apr 30, 2023
  
• Vancouver to repeal single-use cup fee as of May 1

  Businesses in Vancouver will no longer be required to charge a fee for single-use cups as of May 1, a move that reverses a decision by the previous city council.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2023
  
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• Vancouver mayor vows to axe controversial single-use cup fee by summer

  "What we've heard form the business community and residents is the cup fee just ain't working, that it's punitive," Mayor Ken Sim said Tuesday.

  Environment

  Jan 24, 2023
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• Vancouver’s 25-cent cup fee no longer applies to free drinks

  Council enacted a bylaw on Jan. 1 banning plastic bags and requiring businesses to apply a 25-cent surcharge for single-use cups, as well as a 15-cent fee for paper bags.

  Politics

  Mar 30, 2022
• Scrap Vancouver’s cup fee and replace it with province-wide deposit, group urges

  The Binners' Project says a deposit would let low-income people to recoup the fee, provide revenue to waste collectors, and help keep millions of cups out of landfills.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2022
• Vancouver proposes tweaks to cup-fee bylaw to reduce impact on low-income people

  Proposed changes include exempting drinks offered for free from the fee, but people hoping to see the bylaw scrapped completely will be disappointed.

  Environment

  Feb 26, 2022
• ‘We didn’t get it right’: City of Vancouver to revisit new single-use cup fees

  The new fees, 25 cents for a cup and 15 cents for paper bags, took effect on Jan. 1 as a way to encourage more environmentally-friendly consumer habits.

  Politics

  Jan 27, 2022