Proposed Bylaw on Paper Cups in Vancouver

A Vision Vancouver councillor is presently trying to deal with the environmental issue of paper cup waste.

This includes in coffee franchises such as Starbucks which goes through more than 1.5 billion cups each and every year.

They are trying to determine which method would be best to bring a solution to the table here, with the top ideas to date being to either put a tax on paper cups or with a bylaw to have recycling bins prominently inside coffee shops.

People all over Canada and especially in the Vancouver area have additional ideas on this, such as Vancover Coffee, with a few more ideas on changes that Vancouver coffee shops should adopt and this includes:

Have paper cups that can be recycled

Have a sugar dispenser, instead of sugar packets

Have spoons, instead of wooden stir sticks

Offer a discount for your own travel mug

Teach recycling

Choose biodegradable coffee cup lids

I think that these are all fantastic ideas, and regardless of whether we are dealing with paper cups in Vancover, other parts of Canada or anywhere else in the world, this is a dire issue that needs to be dealt with immediately.

With the global environmental issues that we are facing today, every step we can take, no matter how small it may seem, is really going to make an impact.

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Proposed Bylaw on Paper Cups in Vancouver

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