Canadian organizations butt heads over proposed tax.

The article reports that the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) and Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) have different opinion over a proposed 25-cent-per-bag tax that could be assessed on all plastic grocery bags used in British Columbia. The CPIA has called for a public debate of the proposed tax in Vancouver province. The CPIA officials argue that Columbia has the most extensive retail bag take-back programs in Canada. It recycles 30 percent of all plastic shopping bags and about 50 percent are reused to contain garbage. However, PPEC officials say that plastic bags are created from non-renewable resources and paper bags are made from renewable resources.