Environmental Fee

Year
2009
Number
B120
Sponsor(s)
Okanagan-Similkameen RD

WHEREAS local governments are responsible for the implementation and maintenance of waste management programs; AND WHEREAS the disposal of consumer products and their packaging have resulted in a financial and location burden to local governments: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial and federal governments to institute an environmental fee on all products to cover the cost of disposal.

Convention Decision
Not Considered - Automatic Referral to Executive
Executive Decision
Referred to Environment Committee
Committee Decision
Not Endorsed