Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The levy on bags is very interesting. I was wondering if the department had considered that when you go to the grocery store and you want to put your groceries in a cardboard box, something that the grocery stores usually have a lot of but they tell you that they just crushed them all just before you got there. Is there anything you can do to ask stores that receive things in boxes not to ruin boxes? Boxes are good. They are recyclable in their present form, not just in bundles that they shipped off someplace for recycling. A lot of people that pick up groceries are putting them in their vehicles and packing them, taking them on airplanes and things like that. It seems a little bit ironic that we consume the energy to destroy perfectly good cardboard boxes, which are actually a much better way of carrying groceries than in a plastic bag that flops all over the place. Is there any consideration on the reuse of cardboard boxes?
Jane Groenewegen on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 24th, 2009
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