City Council · March 25, 2025 · Item 7.3
Additional phase 2 recommendation for the Single-Use Items Reduction Strategy, as included in report 2025-84, dated March 4, 2025… be approved
Vote on the amended motion under the agenda item Single Use Items Strategy Phase 2 Reusable Containers, 2025-84
Carried (12 to 0)
12 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That the additional phase 2 recommendation for the Single-Use Items Reduction Strategy, as included in report 2025-84, dated March 4, 2025, be approved. That the Single-Use Items By-law (2025) - 21033, as amended, be approved.
How the room voted
In favour (12)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Gibson
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Klassen
- Richardson
What council was given
The staff reports and correspondence attached to this item. The summaries are written automatically, so you can tell what a document is without opening a ninety-page PDF.
- Single Use Items Strategy Phase 2 Reusable Containers - 2025-84.pdf
Follows up on Council's direction to consult further about reusable takeout containers and asks Council to approve an amended Single-Use Items By-law. Starting September 1, 2025, businesses would have to offer a reusable container or accept a customer's clean one for in-store food orders, except for drive-through window service and delivery. Staff worked with public health, the economic development committee and local food businesses, and prepared support materials.
- Attachment-1 Proposed Single Use Items By-law Amendment.pdf
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