The City of Vancouver is one step closer to banning plastic disposable shopping bags after city council passed a motion Tuesday asking city staff to investigate the feasibility of a ban.
The motion also committed the city to approach the B.C. government for permission to ban plastic shopping bags and to ask the province to consider passing a provincial ban on the bags.
Coun. Tim Stevenson, who led the motion, said he believes Vancouverites are behind the idea of banning plastic bags because of the environmental damage they cause.
Phasing in a ban would be a better alternative than charging consumers for plastic bags because charging fees would only penalize the poor, he said.
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