City invites input on proposed regulation of single-use items

Your federal candidates on single-use plastics: A Kingston perspective

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Tori Stafford 4 Comments banning plastic bags, City of Kingston, eliminating single-use plastics, Environment Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee, Kingston, plastic shopping bags, polystyrene food containers, public input, public survey, single-use plastics

In considering the regulation of retail single-use plastic bags and polystyrene containers, the City of Kingston is asking for input from local businesses and residents. In August of 2019, the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee recommended that City Staff prepare for the possibility that federal or provincial policies and

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October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Kingstonist 2 Comments 2019 Federal Election, Barrington Walker, Candice Christmas, Conservative Party of Canada, Eden Hataley, Environmental Studies, Federal Election 2019, Great Lakes, Green Party of Canada, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Lake Ontario, Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Gerretsen, microbeads, microplastics, New Democratic Party (NDP), People's Party of Canada, Queen's University, single-use plastics

By Eden Hataley Single-use plastics are everywhere Plastic shopping bags, straws, cutlery, disposable coffee cups, beverage bottles, food, and toiletry packaging invade our everyday lives. Ironically, the attributes that make plastic such a marketable material – its durability and low cost – also make it a pervasive and persistent pollutant.