Toronto Bans Bottled Water

And that’s not all…

[The] Council also agreed Tuesday to a series of packaging-reduction bylaws.

They include:

• A five-cent charge for every plastic bag customers use from a grocery or retail store starting in June;
• A ban on biodegradable and compostable plastic bags.
• A ban on retail bags with rope handles or metal grommets by the end of next year.
• A request the retailers also provide shoppers with alternatives to having the pay for a plastic bag, whether by providing cardboard boxes or paper sacks for shoppers.
  

Why would an environmentally-conscious city council ban “biodegradable and compostable plastic bags”?
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