Victoria Plastic Bag Ban

• Victoria city council sends new version of plastic bag ban to province for approval

  The new version of the bylaw will have to be approved by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

  Jan 30, 2020
  
• Victoria plastic bag ban dead as Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeal

  The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from the city seeking to overturn a lower court ruling quashing the ban.

  Jan 23, 2020
  
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• B.C.’s top court throws out Victoria’s plastic bag ban, says city needs provincial green light

  In the wake of the ruling, the City of Victoria is vowing to "find another way" to eliminate plastic bags.

  Environment

  Jul 11, 2019
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• City of Victoria bans single-use plastic bags

  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she'd like to see the entire province adopt the ban.

  Jan 12, 2018