The Star writes an editorial:
Eliminating the bag fee would be a mistake. It costs the city nothing, but it produces tangible benefits. Pre-fee, it was estimated that Torontonians used about 460 million retail plastic bags a year.
According to merchants, with the fee in place there has since been a marked reduction — 71 per cent by one count — in the circulation of these bags.
via Plastic bags: Keep the nickel fee – thestar.com.
Ford’s sudden decision to attack the five-cent bag fee is ridiculous both because it’s clearly a successful program and because it’s so unimportant. What kind of person gets so fired up over paying a nickel for a bag that they call the mayor about it?
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