

With your help, we've created a made-in-Vancouver strategy to dramatically reduce waste from single-use items.
Approved by-laws for single-use items
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Foam cups and foam take-out containers
Jan 1, 2020: ban begins for business licence holders.
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Plastic straws
Apr 22, 2020: accessibility requirements and ban begin.
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Disposable utensils
Apr 22, 2020: by-request requirement begins.
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Disposable cups
Jan 1, 2022: $0.25 fee begins
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Shopping bags
Jan 1, 2022: ban on plastic and compostable plastic shopping bags begins, fees on paper and new reusable shopping bags
Background
How we got here: review the Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy by-laws, documents, Council updates, consultation reports, and historic timeline.