82 million problems remain after Vancouver city council vows to scrap single-use cup fee

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said his ABC party would scrap the 25\u002Dcent fee per disposable cup unless there was proof it was reducing waste.

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Irwin said he’s in talks with companies, including a large corporation he can’t name because the deal isn’t final, and summer festivals interested offering share cups.Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said council would be open to other suggestions to reduce the estimated 82 million disposal cups that are trashed each year in Vancouver.Without the pressure of a fee, has said the momentum building toward wide acceptance of reusables for Vancouver and other cities will be lost.

“Let’s just say if the fee is scrapped and I think they have the numbers to vote against it, I would say our members would be happy with that,” said Greg Wilson of the B.C. branch of the Retail Council of Canada.Article content “I can appreciate it was a pretty unpopular fee,” said Vancouver Counc. Pete Fry, who was among councillors who voted for the fee based on engineering staff’s recommendation.Article content

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