The City of Nanaimo is being asked become the second municipality in Canada to ban small single-use plastic water bottles from being sold within city limits.

Jackie Bolen delegated to city council on Monday, Oct. 20, saying that Nanaimo has an opportunity to be the first medium-sized city in the country to move forward with banning plastic water bottles smaller than a litre.

“We are in a time of climate emergency, I’m not sure anyone in this room would disagree with that, and removing plastic waste is important in all forms,” Bolen told council. “The second reason is that production and disposal of plastic, such as those smaller water bottles, releases greenhouse gases. Recycling is one part of the solution, but it still uses resources and obviously not every single plastic water bottle

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