Montreal Mayor said the problem will be discussed in 2015. He designated board member responsible for environmental matters to host this symposium.
A number of cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have taken action to limit or diable the relevant plastic shopping bags.
A public consultation will be carried out to consult the public opinion.
Montreal water resources, environment, sustainable development and a large park committee will discuss the possibility of implementing the ban face to face with local citizens and organizations. Related organizations, including environmental organizations and food and business associations.
The experience that some bags have been banned in the city and state will be taken into account, because the Montreal hopes throughout the city to assess the retail completely banned bags, plastic bags renewable research, including their impact and cost.
Montreal has a population of about 1.65 million, is Canada’s second largest city, the ninth largest city in North America. In order to reduce the amount of disposable plastic shopping bags, some shops in Montreal for each reusable tax of 5 cents.
Canadian Plastics Industry Association said the declaration surprised them greatly in November at the Board meeting. A few days after the release of the declaration, CPIA said Montreal’s curbside recycling program recycle plastic bags, to turn that the proportion of plastic household waste in Quebec for less than 2%.
Other news reports, Montreal and CPIA has agreed to a five-year pilot project PS recycling. Located in Granby, Quebec’s Polyform is a partner in this project who will be responsible for recycling PS, manufactured building products. Within one year of the pilot project in Montreal LaSalle Ecology Center recovered about 5,500 pounds of PS.
Citizens proper recycling of suitable materials are very important, they are welcome to make use of the various services provided by the Urban Ecology Center.