Toronto

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A key city committee is recommending Toronto move ahead with a minimum fee for reusable bags to drive shoppers towards more environmentally-friendly alternatives.

Toronto's infrastructure committee voted Wednesday to adopt a staff plan to update the city's solid waste reduction strategy.

Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park) said the policy lines up with work most retailers and shoppers are already doing to shift from single-use plastics to reusable bags.

If the policy passes at council, the city would also require all retailers accept reusable cups, provided they're in "good repair" and "visibly clean."

"We have the power, we have the problem of wasting an enormous amount of public money and private time picking up what other people foolishly, carelessly drop," Saxe said at the meeting.

James Pasternak (York Centre) told CBC Toronto the city needs to proceed with caution on the policy.

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