Starting today you will be required to pay five cents for any plastic shopping bags in the city of Toronto. The new rule was introduced to cut down on the number of these bags going to landills. If you are like me you already have a huge stock of reusable bags in your closet. I buy one just about every time you go out shopping because I keep forgetting to bring one with me. Maybe the new charge will be the incentive I need so I remember to bring a bag with me!
From the City of Toronto website:
Starting June 1, 2009, retailers must charge their customers five cents
for each plastic shopping bag. Retailers may provide a free alternative (eg., a
box) to their customers. A number of grocery stores, such as Food Basics, No
Frills and Price Chopper, use a fee-per-use charge. This fee over time has
resulted in a major reduction of the number of plastic bags distributed through
these stores. The five cent fee per bag is not remitted to the City of
Toronto.
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