High Support for Vancouver’s Plan to Limit Use of Plastics
More than nine-in-ten residents think restaurants and coffee shops should provide recycling options for the disposable cups they give out.
Most Vancouverites hold favourable views of the recently approved plan to ban specific plastic items by June 2019 in the city, a Research Co. poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of City of Vancouver residents, 85% of respondents agree with banning the distribution of single-use plastic straws, with appropriate exemptions for health care needs.
Similarly high proportions of Vancouverites agree with both banning expanded polystyrene foam (or “thermal”) cups and take-out containers (85%) and banning the distribution of single-use plastic utensils, unless they are directly requested by customers (84%).
The “Zero Waste 2040” strategy also contemplates action to deal with disposable cups, including plastic cups for cold drinks and polycoat paper cups for hot drinks.
More than nine-in-ten Vancouverites (93%) think it would be a “very good” or “good” idea to require restaurants and coffee shops to provide recycling options for the disposable cups they give out.
Residents are more divided when it comes to two other proposals. Read more…