Plastic

ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bag fiasco proves need for recall for city councils

July 13, 2019 // 2 Comments

DO YOU EVER WISH there was a way to throw the rascals out without waiting for the next election? There is at the provincial level, but not municipal. Maybe it’s time for an [Continue]

PETERS – Plastic bags get a bad rap, but we need better options to handle them

July 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

WHEN IT COMES TO the plastic bags we get at the grocery store, the term ‘single-use’ may be a misnomer. Most of the time, it’s really easy to find a second or third use [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What about those produce bags and doggie-poop bags?

July 8, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE UPHILL BATTLE against plastic is amply demonstrated by the draft bylaw going in front of Kamloops City council this week. Council [Continue]

HEIGHTON – Plastic ban will affect businesses but change is needed

June 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, NSBIA I REMEMBER GOING grocery shopping with my mom, getting the big paper bags from Safeway or Woodward’s that always seemed to [Continue]

GINTA – Yes, we can do without (most) single-use plastics

June 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

I CANNOT TELL YOU how many times I wished that Styrofoam food containers would disappear. Call it a pet peeve but it goes beyond that. They leach harmful (albeit slow-acting [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Council tries its best to make plastic bag issue complicated

April 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL tried its level best to make banning plastic bags as complicated as possible this week but miraculously ended up [Continue]