Toronto's In-Store Packaging Ban

Speak Out! Act Now

The City of Toronto wants to ban in-store packaging!  The issue is going to a vote as early as Dec. 1, so you must act now to oppose this plan.  Simply follow the steps below to make sure your Mayor Miller and his council hear from business owners like you.

 

 

Step 1:   Contact Mayor Miller’s office

Here’s a sample e-mail:

Dear Mayor Miller,

I am writing to ask you to reject the recommendations from the Public Works Committee that will be considered by City Council on Dec. 1st.

In-store packaging makes up less than one percent of what is currently going to landfill.  This proposal to “tax and ban,”  rather than recycle, will increase my costs at a time when profit margins are already razor-thin, and the economy is slowing. 

The result will be higher prices for my customers, with no real improvement to the environment.  Toronto needs to expand recycling, not impose new taxes and bans on its businesses.

Forcing businesses like mine to provide a 10-cent discount for customers that bring their own bags amounts to an indirect tax.  The discount does not reflect the cost of packaging, and will come directly off my bottom line. 

A ban on rigid plastic packaging -- including compostable and biodegradable resins – simply doesn’t make sense.  These materials are recyclable.

Instead, Toronto wants consumers to bring their own dishes for take-out food.  Food packaging keeps food fresh and prevents contamination and spoilage.  Why would the City encourage people to use food packaging that might not be clean and could present a health risk? 

Please support small business operators in the City of Toronto by voting against these recommendations. 

Click here to send an email to Mayor Miller

Be sure to add your name, business name and address to your e-mail message.

 

 

Step 2:  Contact your local councillor

Look up your councillor's email address on the list below.

Here’s a sample e-mail:

Dear Councillor,

I am writing to ask you to reject the recommendations from the Public Works Committee that will be considered by City Council on Dec. 1st.

In-store packaging makes up less than one percent of what is currently going to landfill.  This proposal to “tax and ban,”  rather than recycle, will increase my costs at a time when profit margins are already razor-thin, and the economy is slowing. 

The result will be higher prices for my customers, with no real improvement to the environment.  Toronto needs to expand recycling, not impose new taxes and bans on its businesses.

Forcing businesses like mine to provide a 10-cent discount for customers that bring their own bags amounts to an indirect tax.  The discount does not reflect the cost of packaging, and will come directly off my bottom line. 

A ban on rigid plastic packaging -- including compostable and biodegradable resins – simply doesn’t make sense.  These materials are recyclable.

Instead, Toronto wants consumers to bring their own dishes for take-out food.  Food packaging keeps food fresh and prevents contamination and spoilage.  Why would the City encourage people to use food packaging that might not be clean and could present a health risk? 

Please support small business operators in the City of Toronto by voting against these recommendations. 

Click here to send an email to your councillor

Be sure to add your name, business name and address to your e-mail message.

 

 

Toronto City Council

Office of the Mayor
David Miller Mayor, City of Toronto  Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor, 100 Queen St. West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 416-397-CITY (2489) mayor_miller@toronto.ca
City Councillors
Ward Name of Councillor Address Phone # E-mail
Ward 1 Etobicoke North Suzan Hall 100 Queen Street West, Suite C54 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4255 councillor_hall@toronto.ca
Ward 2 Etobicoke North Rob Ford 100 Queen Street West, Suite C40 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-397-9255 councillor_ford@toronto.ca
Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre Doug Holyday 100 Queen Street West, Suite B29 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4002 councillor_holyday@toronto.ca
Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre Gloria Lindsay Luby 100 Queen Street West, Suite B38 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1369 councillor_lindsay_luby@toronto.ca
Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore Peter Milczyn 100 Queen Street West, Suite C51 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4040 councillor_milczyn@toronto.ca
Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore Mark Grimes 100 Queen Street West, Suite C48 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-397-9273 councillor_grimes@toronto.ca
Ward 7 York West Giorgio Mammoliti 100 Queen Street West, Suite B27 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-395-6401 councillor_mammoliti@toronto.ca
Ward 8 York West Anthony Perruzza 100 Queen Street West, Suite C41 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-338-5335 councillor_perruzza@toronto.ca
Ward 9 York Centre Maria Augimeri 100 Queen Street West, Suite C53 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4021 councillor_augimeri@toronto.ca
Ward 10 York Centre Mike Feldman 100 Queen Street West, Suite A22 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1371 councillor_feldman@toronto.ca
Ward 11 York South-Weston Frances Nunziata 100 Queen Street West, Suite C49 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4091 councillor_nunziata@toronto.ca
Ward 12 York South-Weston Frank Di Giorgio 100 Queen Street West, Suite A8 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4066 councillor_digiorgio@toronto.ca
Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park Bill Saundercook 100 Queen Street West, Suite --- Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4072 councillor_saundercook@toronto.ca
Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park Gord Perks 100 Queen Street West, Suite A14 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7919 councillor_perks@toronto.ca
Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence Howard Moscoe 100 Queen Street West, Suite B30 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4027 councillor_moscoe@toronto.ca
Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence Karen Stintz 100 Queen Street West, Suite B32 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4090 councillor_stintz@toronto.ca
Ward 17 Davenport Cesar Palacio 100 Queen Street West, Suite B37 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7011 councillor_palacio@toronto.ca
Ward 18 Davenport Adam Giambrone 100 Queen Street West, Suite C42 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7012 councillor_giambrone@toronto.ca
Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina Joe Pantalone 100 Queen Street West, Suite C47 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4009 councillor_pantalone@toronto.ca
Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina Adam Vaughan 100 Queen Street West, Suite C50 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4044 councillor_vaughan@toronto.ca
Ward 21 St. Paul's Joe Mihevc 100 Queen Street West, Suite B35 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-0208 councillor_mihevc@toronto.ca
Ward 22 St. Paul's Michael Walker 100 Queen Street West, Suite B26 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7906 councillor_walker@toronto.ca
Ward 23 Willowdale John Filion 100 Queen Street West, Suite B36 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-0210 councillor_filion@toronto.ca
Ward 24 Willowdale David Shiner 100 Queen Street West, Suite B39 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-395-6413 councillor_shiner@toronto.ca
Ward 25 Don Valley West Cliff Jenkins 100 Queen Street West, Suite A12 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-395-6408 councillor_jenkins@toronto.ca
Ward 26 Don Valley West John Parker 100 Queen Street West, Suite A13  Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-0215 councillor_parker@toronto.ca
Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale Kyle Rae 100 Queen Street West, Suite A5 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7903 councillor_rae@toronto.ca
Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale Pam McConnell 100 Queen Street West, Suite A7 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-7916 councillor_mcconnell@toronto.ca
Ward 29 Toronto-Danforth Case Ootes 100 Queen Street West, Suite C45 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4032 councillor_ootes@toronto.ca
Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth Paula Fletcher 100 Queen Street West, Suite C44 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4060 councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca
Ward 31 Beaches-East York Janet Davis 100 Queen Street West, Suite C57 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4035 councillor_davis@toronto.ca
Ward 32 Beaches-East York Sandra Bussin 100 Queen Street West, Suite B28 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1376 councillor_bussin@toronto.ca
Ward 33 Don Valley East Shelley Carroll 100 Queen Street West, Suite A4 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4038 councillor_carroll@toronto.ca
Ward 34 Don Valley East Denzil Minnan-Wong 100 Queen Street West, Suite C55 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-397-9256 councillor_minnan-wong@toronto.ca
Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest A. A. Heaps 100 Queen Street West, Suite B25 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-0213 councillor_heaps@toronto.ca
Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest Brian Ashton 100 Queen Street West, Suite A11 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4052 councillor_ashton@toronto.ca
Ward 37 Scarborough Centre Michael Thompson 100 Queen Street West, Suite B24 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-397-9274 councillor_thompson@toronto.ca
Ward 38 Scarborough Centre Glenn De Baeremaeker 100 Queen Street West, Suite B31 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-0204 councillor_debaeremaeker@toronto.ca
Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt Mike Del Grande 100 Queen Street West, Suite A1 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1374 councillor_delgrande@toronto.ca
Ward 40 Scarborough-Agincourt Norm Kelly 100 Queen Street West, Suite C43 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4047 councillor_kelly@toronto.ca
Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River Chin Lee 100 Queen Street West, Suite A10 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1375 councillor_lee@toronto.ca
Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River Raymond Cho 100 Queen Street West, Suite B23 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4076 councillor_cho@toronto.ca
Ward 43 Scarborough East Paul Ainslie 100 Queen Street West, Suite C52 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-4008 councillor_ainslie@toronto.ca
Ward 44 Scarborough East Ron Moeser 100 Queen Street West, Suite B33 Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2 416-392-1373 councillor_moeser@toronto.ca

 

 

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