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New fee in the bag? Toronto committee approves minimum price for reusable bags | CBC News
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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. That plan will force all retailers to accept reusable bags starting March 1, 2024. From there, the minimum prices for the bags themselves will start increasing. On May 1, 2024, shoppers will have to pay $1 for each reusable bag, per the city’s plan. That price would then jump to $2 on May 1, 2025.  Staff say the adoption of a “graduated” minimum bag fee is recommended to prevent the “unrestricted distribut

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