Single-use plastics ban coming to PG?

And while Krause would love to have it on the agenda for the next regular meeting, any implementation would have to be thoughtful.

“Right from the beginning, that was the City of Prince George’s approach. And that’s what other communities have used as well. A conversation with the community about their desire to see a single-use plastics ban and working with merchants and others to ask ‘How do we do this in a way that has the least impact on you?’ But still reaches that ultimate end.”

REAPS has been waiting for this news.

“It’s about time,” says Executive Director Terri McClymont. “We see so much waste and now, with climate change, you see the forest fires, you see the flooding everywhere. And it’s because of our reliance on fossil fuels. That’s where single-plastics come from is all of the oil products.”

She says it was really hard to watch the return of all those single-use plastics when COVID came to pass. And she says it’s not only the consumers who have to buy into the idea.

“It’s also on retailers, right? With COVID happening in the last year and a half, all these single-use plastics have been coming out, from our masks to our gloves to hand sanitation. Straws, plastic silverware. So we have to get back into the mindset.”

But while Krause says bringing in a plastics ban, if it is the will of Council, is definitely on the radar.

“We have a strategic Planning session coming up and I want to make sure that’s part of, hopefully, the work plan for this coming year.”

by Cheryl Jahn

Single-use plastics ban coming to PG?

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