Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups

Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups

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Mon Sep 15, 8:40 AM

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TORONTO (CBC) - The City of Toronto is considering everything from a tax to an outright ban on objects like paper coffee cups, fast-food containers and plastic bags that clog the recycling system.

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By 2010, Toronto wants to send only 30 per cent of its garbage to landfill sites.

But to achieve that goal, the city says, it needs to limit the garbage that takes up a lot of space - and that means reducing Styrofoam cartons, plastic bags and the ubiquitous paper coffee cup.

Among the proposals is adding a levy to coffee cups, or banning them altogether.