TASNG Waste Report

By Waste Warrior -Steve Dewer

On Saturday June 4, Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) held a stall outside Woolworths, Toronto, to celebrate World Environment Day and alert the public about the ban on single use plastic bags (including bio and compostable bags) which came into force on June 1. What a joy it was to see trolley after trolley with reusable bags rolling out of the store. Congratulations Toronto!

We had a number of give-aways including cloth reusable bags, low water shower heads, and especially the net veggie bags! Handouts for living sustainably proved very popular.

A petition to encourage Coles, Aldi and IGA to follow Woolies’ phase out of the cheap, 15 cent, thicker plastic bags, was signed by many people and later given to Managers of those supermarkets.

A decision has been made by TASNG to continue the message of “Recycle and Reuse” (including bamboo reusable coffee cups) at the Living Smart Festival in September and the community car boot event at Puntei Park in October. 

The ban on plastic straws, plastic cutlery and plates, plastic cotton buds and microbeads is due to commence on November 1!

The Plastic Free Cafes project is on the move again, with a planned roll-out of $2 reusable coffee cups in the next few weeks to distribute to local cafes and coffee vans.

King & Co and Belluno’s in Toronto are carrying the good quality bamboo reusable coffee cups.