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Report urges city to bag plastic-bag ban
WINNIPEG is once again poised to discard the idea of enacting a ban on plastic bags.
In July, city council’s public works committee asked Winnipeg’s water and waste department to re-examine the idea of eliminating plastic bags, as some other Canadian cities and towns have done. In a report published Friday, solid waste manager Darryl Drohomerski said the city will continue to support provincial efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic bags — but will not impose a ban.
"While legislation could be enacted to prohibit the use of single-use plastic grocery bags, there are residents that reuse plastic grocery bags for collecting dog excrement and/or household wastes," Drohomerski writes. "If these bags were not available, residents may possibly purchase single-use plastic bags for these purposes, therefore partially negating the positive aspects of the ban."
A ban would also result in the increased use of paper bags at retail stores, which would have "adverse environmental impacts of forestry operations," Drohomerski writes.
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