Vancouver Single-use Ban

• 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
  
• ‘It’s as good as new’: Vancouver businesses adopt reusable cup-share programs to reduce waste

  Reusables.com, a zero waste packaging as a service platform, operates like a bikeshare or carshare for containers, including stainless steel double walled mugs.

  Environment

  Jan 23, 2022
  
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• ‘Enormous difference’: Concern about impact of Vancouver’s new single-use fee on homeless

  Stanley Woodvine, a Vancouver resident who has been homeless since 2004, is speaking up about the impact of a new municipal fee on disposable cups on the less fortunate. 

  Environment

  Jan 5, 2022