A ban on the sale of bottled water at civic centres. Food retailers who use plastic take-out containers need to develop by 2010 a reuseable/refillable take-out container. The city would ban the sale or distribution of plastic take-out food containers that are not compatible with Toronto’s blue-bin program.
Small grocers and food retailers are vehemently opposed to the proposed changes, arguing the cost of revamping their food containers is too high for the current economic conditions. Stephanie Jones, the vice-president of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, said the city has not done enough research on the impact the changes would have on food safety. She cautioned that the city and the restaurant industry would be exposed to expensive legal costs if food safety was undermined.
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