Chapleau's moving forward with plans to eliminate plastic bags in the community.
Mayor Michael Levesque says Council's passed a by-law covering single-use plastic bags and "certain other harmful single-use products and packaging materials".
Mayor Levesque emphasizes there are issues with single use plastic locally.
This comes just ahead of Chapleau's Fall Clean Up, with the landfill open to residents free of charge during regular hours next Tuesday, October 4th through Friday, October 7th - there are some restrictions on what is accepted.
While the federal Liberal government's announced plans to ban single use plastics - starting by banning the import and production by the end of the year, the sale by the end of next year, and export by the end of 2025 - dozens of plastic producers have turned to courts to overturn those plans.