Simply two weeks after it went into impact, Metropolis of Calgary officers have voted to start the method of repealing the single-use objects bylaw.
Council voted 10-5 Tuesday afternoon on the bylaw which requires companies to cost for reusable luggage and solely give out utensils and napkins if somebody asks for them.
Earlier within the day, Coun. Dan McLean stated he’d by no means obtained a lot suggestions on a problem.
“A whole bunch, tons of — I’ve by no means seen something prefer it,” he stated of the emails he was receiving. “Extra unpopular than the fireworks, extra unpopular than the repeal, extra unpopular than tax hikes — I’ve by no means seen something prefer it.”
The vote means town will go ahead in promoting and bringing ahead a bylaw to repeal the single-use regulation.
It’s going to additionally develop waste administration infrastructure and communication supplies for diversion choices with a give attention to single use objects.
The bylaw will proceed in place till the general public listening to is completed.
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-With recordsdata from Logan Stein and Tiffany Goodwein
