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Infrastructure and Environment Committee · 2024-05-02 · 2024.IE13.7

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Prohibiting Distribution of Plastic Manufactured Items

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2024-05-22 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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On December 13-15, 2023, City Council adopted IE9.3 - Update and Action Plan on Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy, including the Circular Food Innovators Fund. Among other things, the Council resolution requests the City Solicitor to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the legal feasibility of enacting and enforcing, pursuant to the City of Toronto Act, 2006, a By-law that would prohibit retail business establishments in Toronto from providing their customers with the same plastic manufactured items that the federal government prohibits in the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations.

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This supplementary report to the report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services entitled Update on Stage 2 of the Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy (the "SWMS Report") responds to Council's direction.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Considered

  • 2024-05-02 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

    Clerk’s note

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee considered items IE13.7 - Prohibiting Distribution of Plastic Manufactured Items, together with item IE13.6 - Update on Stage 2 of the Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy.

  • 2024-05-22 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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