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With Edson's bans on single-use The Weekly Anchor Welcomes Letters to the Editor Edson & District 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Media Circulation
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Youth Council From the plastic items is All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher who Chamber of Fax: (780) 723-5725 Weekly Newspapers
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plastic bag ban to Dana McArthur everyone is not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters
council recently convinced of their must bear the name of the writer and include the address and telephone
we present this effectiveness. number, which will not be published.
op/ed column that expresses the Some claim that plastic bags serve
complexities of the topic very well: an important food safety function
"The plastic bag and protect the public from harmful
bacteria, outbreaks and food-borne
Sue Ann
Deanna
Cassie
pollution paradox" illnesses. A University of Arizona Dana McArthur Sales Representative Cindy Weisser Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Common
Kushniruk
microbiology study suggested the
Graphics/Layout
Publisher/Owner
Reporter
combination of reusable grocery bags
by Sylvain Charlebois, Atlantic Institute for and food can be harmful. According
Market Studies and Tony Walker, Dalhousie to the study, coliform bacteria and E.
University (© Troy Media)
coli were found in half the reusable
grocery bags sampled.
An increasing number of people are
voicing concerns about our use of The Mercatus Center think-tank in Faculty of Management and a
plastics day-to-day. Single-use the U.S. claimed that discouraging industry generates more waste from professor in the Faculty of
the use of single-use plastic bags is
plastics of any kind – such as grocery almost pointless given the single-use plastic food packaging Agriculture at Dalhousie University,
every year. Given that 26 per cent of
Riding Update: bags, cutlery, straws, polystyrene and insignificant variance in carbon all Canadian households consist of Senior Fellow with the Atlantic
coffee cups – are significant yet
footprint between bagging
Institute for Market Studies, and
one person and the number of those
Open Letter: preventable sources of land and alternatives, including paper bags. living alone will continue to grow, author of Food Safety, Risk
marine pollution.
In Canada, bans on plastics have And data from the U.S. the single-serve economy will Intelligence and Benchmarking,
been left up to municipalities. Environmental Protection Agency expand, especially in food. This published by Wiley-Blackwell
suggest that only 0.28 per cent of all
(2017). Tony Walker is Assistant
Montreal and Victoria recently the garbage generated by means single-use plastic packaging Professor with the School for
could increase at alarming rates.
decided to ban plastic bags in stores,
Misadventures with business owners subject to huge municipalities, by weight, comes deal with the issue while we seek Resources and Environmental
Banning plastics is a swift way to
Studies at Dalhousie University.)
from plastic bags.
fines if caught providing them to
These groups believe that banning
customers. Other municipalities and the use of plastic bags is more about more impactful, sustainable -30-
As you can see this issue has many
provinces, such as Halifax and Nova appearances and idealism than strategies. The use of bio-plastics facets. It's noteworthy to point out
may be a solution. More and
Scotia, are contemplating bans in the that many stores do offer recycling
wake of China's decision to no longer protecting the environment. different feedstocks can be used to of their plastic bags. Yes, most
Clearly the ban of plastic bags is a
accept the import of certain divisive issue. Several cities have manufacture bio-plastics, including grocery/shopping bags are recyclable Rachel Notley’s social licence agenda
recyclable products. been hesitant about introducing anti- algae and shrimp shells. An but just not very easily as they tend
Public awareness appears to be increasing number of single-use
gaining widespread momentum bag legislation and some laws have coffee pods sold in Canada are to jam machinery. Plastic shopping
compostable. A Dutch supermarket
even been rescinded. Toronto once
bags are also often reused at home
Media Release: across Canada and globally. National had a five-cent levy for plastic bags chain recently opened the world's from bathroom trash bags to
and regional plastic bag bans have and an outright ban on plastic bags first plastic-free food store, where backyard pet cleanup. So, with the Letter to the Editor Policy
Open Letter: been successfully implemented in was sought in 2012, but the bag ban you'll find only biodegradable potential health problems and Letter to the Editor Policy
Asia, Europe, Australia and North was rejected by the city council in flexible bio-plastic packaging and environmental impact issues The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the
America. The Weekly Anchor welcomes
But plastic bags aren't the only 2013. bags. Technically, everything sold surrounding reusable bags perhaps Editor letters to the editor
Plastic bags are a convenience and
My single-use plastic items being habits are hard to break. What could there could be eaten. the question should be, what is a
The challenge, of course, is cost.
safer more recyclable alternative to
ViewPoint targeted – polystyrene is on the hit be an inconvenience to food Bio-plastics solutions cost more than the current bags in common use? Jim Eglinski All letters are published at the discretion of
All letters are published at the discretion of
Letter to the Editor
list. Food businesses in Washington,
the editor-publisher who reserves the right
by Adrienne Tait D.C., and San Francisco will no shoppers can be a political twice the price of regular products. Paper bags have been suggested as MP Yellowhead the editor-publisher who reserves the right to
to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
longer be able to use containers or nightmare. But given how rapidly the narrative an alternative, if responsible edit for clarity, length and libel. published do not necessarily reflect the
But the problem won't go away,
other food service products made of since the planet is drowning in around climate change is shifting, the practices are used. For example The Letters published do not necessarily reflect
policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
polystyrene. Brunswick, Maine, town plastic pollution. green premium is increasingly being Weekly Anchor is printed on paper the policies or beliefs of this newspaper.
letters must bear the name of the writer
considered by industry. Once supply
from sawmill waste that would
ViewPoint council voted unanimously to ban A study led by the 5 Gyres Institute chains mature and feedstocks otherwise be burned or disposed of. All letters must bear the name of the writer
and include the address and telephone
polystyrene food containers. All
by Cassie Kushniruk retailers, restaurants and vendors are in Los Angeles estimates that at least become more affordable, bio-plastics No trees are cut creating our and include the address and telephone number, which will not be published.
prohibited from using polystyrene 5.25 trillion plastic particles costs should drop. newsprint. Plus we print with number, which will not be published.
weighing 268,940 tons are floating in
Reduce, reuse, recycle has been
foam packaging, including takeout our oceans. Most of us can't see the preached for years. Outright bans fit vegetable based inks. Alongside of
containers, meat trays and egg reusable bags, paper could be a
cartons. problem but it's out there. While well within such a paradigm. But viable alternative that is more readily
some trash skimmers, capable of
In Canada, some players are taking replacing single-use plastics requires recycled.
That said, this is truly a paradox
steps to reduce plastic use regardless removing floating debris in marinas a consumer revolution. The challenge that needs a well thought out solution
and harbours, achieve modest
is to keep grocery shopping from
MLA of government policy. In 2009, success, a global cleanup is next to being a burden on the environment that goes beyond just what's popular, Views & News
Loblaw Companies Ltd., Canada's
Eric Rosendahl largest grocer, implemented a five- impossible. while avoiding customer to what's truly safe for people and by Deanna Mitchener
inconvenience.
The situation is being made worse
cent charge on plastic grocery bags. by countries like Canada, whose food good for the environment in the long
This unassuming fee has reportedly (Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the term.
diverted 11 billion plastic bags from
our landfills and oceans over the last Canadian
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
nine years. In February 2016, The Weekly Anchor 6,300 Audited 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Media Circulation
Audit
Your
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
Walmart Canada followed suit and Local Independent Newspaper Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 Telephone: (780) 723-5787
SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS!
began charging customers a five-cent OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 4:30 p.m. Fax: (780) 723-5725 Weekly Newspapers
Alberta
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net
fee for shopping bags. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
Public sentiment on climate change
and environmental stewardship has Member of the
changed significantly over just the Edson & District
CORRECTION last few years, and more Canadians Chamber of
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a expect industry to act. Commerce Dana McArthur Sue Ann Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
Common
Kushniruk
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is But while the movement toward Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Reporter
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
Deanna has a new photo
Jim Eglinski
MP Yellowhead
MONDAY JUNE 3, 2019 PAGE 11
The Weekly Anchor
PAGE 8 MONDAY JUNE 24, 2019 THE WEEKLY ANCHOR Your Local Independent Newspaper
T he Weekly ANCHOR 6,292 Audited Circulation
Comment The Mother-Son Soiree is scheduled to take place on April 18, Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221
CORRECTION TO DATE
SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS!
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Re: Mar. 25 issue page 15
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
2019 starting at 6 pm at the Galloway Station Museum.
Plastic Bags... (Tickets can be purchased for $30 at the Galloway Station CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon
Museum or Town of Edson Community Services office.)
Canadian
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
Member of the
Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
Letter to the Editor Policy
With Edson's bans on single-use The Weekly Anchor Welcomes Letters to the Editor Edson & District 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Media Circulation
Telephone: (780) 723-5787
Youth Council From the plastic items is All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher who Chamber of Fax: (780) 723-5725 Weekly Newspapers
Alberta
Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net
proposing a Publisher’s Desk significant, not reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters published do Commerce Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association
plastic bag ban to Dana McArthur everyone is not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters
council recently convinced of their must bear the name of the writer and include the address and telephone
we present this effectiveness. number, which will not be published.
op/ed column that expresses the Some claim that plastic bags serve
complexities of the topic very well: an important food safety function
"The plastic bag and protect the public from harmful
bacteria, outbreaks and food-borne
Sue Ann
Deanna
Cassie
pollution paradox" illnesses. A University of Arizona Dana McArthur Sales Representative Cindy Weisser Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Common
Kushniruk
microbiology study suggested the
Graphics/Layout
Publisher/Owner
Reporter
combination of reusable grocery bags
by Sylvain Charlebois, Atlantic Institute for and food can be harmful. According
Market Studies and Tony Walker, Dalhousie to the study, coliform bacteria and E.
University (© Troy Media)
coli were found in half the reusable
grocery bags sampled.
An increasing number of people are
voicing concerns about our use of The Mercatus Center think-tank in Faculty of Management and a
plastics day-to-day. Single-use the U.S. claimed that discouraging industry generates more waste from professor in the Faculty of
the use of single-use plastic bags is
plastics of any kind – such as grocery almost pointless given the single-use plastic food packaging Agriculture at Dalhousie University,
every year. Given that 26 per cent of
Riding Update: bags, cutlery, straws, polystyrene and insignificant variance in carbon all Canadian households consist of Senior Fellow with the Atlantic
coffee cups – are significant yet
footprint between bagging
Institute for Market Studies, and
one person and the number of those
Open Letter: preventable sources of land and alternatives, including paper bags. living alone will continue to grow, author of Food Safety, Risk
marine pollution.
In Canada, bans on plastics have And data from the U.S. the single-serve economy will Intelligence and Benchmarking,
been left up to municipalities. Environmental Protection Agency expand, especially in food. This published by Wiley-Blackwell
suggest that only 0.28 per cent of all
(2017). Tony Walker is Assistant
Montreal and Victoria recently the garbage generated by means single-use plastic packaging Professor with the School for
could increase at alarming rates.
decided to ban plastic bags in stores,
Misadventures with business owners subject to huge municipalities, by weight, comes deal with the issue while we seek Resources and Environmental
Banning plastics is a swift way to
Studies at Dalhousie University.)
from plastic bags.
fines if caught providing them to
These groups believe that banning
customers. Other municipalities and the use of plastic bags is more about more impactful, sustainable -30-
As you can see this issue has many
provinces, such as Halifax and Nova appearances and idealism than strategies. The use of bio-plastics facets. It's noteworthy to point out
may be a solution. More and
Scotia, are contemplating bans in the that many stores do offer recycling
wake of China's decision to no longer protecting the environment. different feedstocks can be used to of their plastic bags. Yes, most
Clearly the ban of plastic bags is a
accept the import of certain divisive issue. Several cities have manufacture bio-plastics, including grocery/shopping bags are recyclable Rachel Notley’s social licence agenda
recyclable products. been hesitant about introducing anti- algae and shrimp shells. An but just not very easily as they tend
Public awareness appears to be increasing number of single-use
gaining widespread momentum bag legislation and some laws have coffee pods sold in Canada are to jam machinery. Plastic shopping
compostable. A Dutch supermarket
even been rescinded. Toronto once
bags are also often reused at home
Media Release: across Canada and globally. National had a five-cent levy for plastic bags chain recently opened the world's from bathroom trash bags to
and regional plastic bag bans have and an outright ban on plastic bags first plastic-free food store, where backyard pet cleanup. So, with the Letter to the Editor Policy
Open Letter: been successfully implemented in was sought in 2012, but the bag ban you'll find only biodegradable potential health problems and Letter to the Editor Policy
Asia, Europe, Australia and North was rejected by the city council in flexible bio-plastic packaging and environmental impact issues The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the
America. The Weekly Anchor welcomes
But plastic bags aren't the only 2013. bags. Technically, everything sold surrounding reusable bags perhaps Editor letters to the editor
Plastic bags are a convenience and
My single-use plastic items being habits are hard to break. What could there could be eaten. the question should be, what is a
The challenge, of course, is cost.
safer more recyclable alternative to
ViewPoint targeted – polystyrene is on the hit be an inconvenience to food Bio-plastics solutions cost more than the current bags in common use? Jim Eglinski All letters are published at the discretion of
All letters are published at the discretion of
Letter to the Editor
list. Food businesses in Washington,
the editor-publisher who reserves the right
by Adrienne Tait D.C., and San Francisco will no shoppers can be a political twice the price of regular products. Paper bags have been suggested as MP Yellowhead the editor-publisher who reserves the right to
to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
longer be able to use containers or nightmare. But given how rapidly the narrative an alternative, if responsible edit for clarity, length and libel. published do not necessarily reflect the
But the problem won't go away,
other food service products made of since the planet is drowning in around climate change is shifting, the practices are used. For example The Letters published do not necessarily reflect
policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
polystyrene. Brunswick, Maine, town plastic pollution. green premium is increasingly being Weekly Anchor is printed on paper the policies or beliefs of this newspaper.
letters must bear the name of the writer
considered by industry. Once supply
from sawmill waste that would
ViewPoint council voted unanimously to ban A study led by the 5 Gyres Institute chains mature and feedstocks otherwise be burned or disposed of. All letters must bear the name of the writer
and include the address and telephone
polystyrene food containers. All
by Cassie Kushniruk retailers, restaurants and vendors are in Los Angeles estimates that at least become more affordable, bio-plastics No trees are cut creating our and include the address and telephone number, which will not be published.
prohibited from using polystyrene 5.25 trillion plastic particles costs should drop. newsprint. Plus we print with number, which will not be published.
weighing 268,940 tons are floating in
Reduce, reuse, recycle has been
foam packaging, including takeout our oceans. Most of us can't see the preached for years. Outright bans fit vegetable based inks. Alongside of
containers, meat trays and egg reusable bags, paper could be a
cartons. problem but it's out there. While well within such a paradigm. But viable alternative that is more readily
some trash skimmers, capable of
In Canada, some players are taking replacing single-use plastics requires recycled.
That said, this is truly a paradox
steps to reduce plastic use regardless removing floating debris in marinas a consumer revolution. The challenge that needs a well thought out solution
and harbours, achieve modest
is to keep grocery shopping from
MLA of government policy. In 2009, success, a global cleanup is next to being a burden on the environment that goes beyond just what's popular, Views & News
Loblaw Companies Ltd., Canada's
Eric Rosendahl largest grocer, implemented a five- impossible. while avoiding customer to what's truly safe for people and by Deanna Mitchener
inconvenience.
The situation is being made worse
cent charge on plastic grocery bags. by countries like Canada, whose food good for the environment in the long
This unassuming fee has reportedly (Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the term.
diverted 11 billion plastic bags from
our landfills and oceans over the last Canadian
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
nine years. In February 2016, The Weekly Anchor 6,300 Audited 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Media Circulation
Audit
Your
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
Walmart Canada followed suit and Local Independent Newspaper Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 Telephone: (780) 723-5787
SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS!
began charging customers a five-cent OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 4:30 p.m. Fax: (780) 723-5725 Weekly Newspapers
Alberta
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net
fee for shopping bags. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
Public sentiment on climate change
and environmental stewardship has Member of the
changed significantly over just the Edson & District
CORRECTION last few years, and more Canadians Chamber of
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a expect industry to act. Commerce Dana McArthur Sue Ann Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
Common
Kushniruk
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is But while the movement toward Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Reporter
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
Deanna has a new photo
Jim Eglinski
MP Yellowhead
