從8月1號開始，所有哈法地區居民需開始使用透明塑膠袋作為常用垃圾袋，黑色垃圾袋的使用比例不能超過五比一，Glad公司提出將為市區用戶免費提供價值31萬刀的透明垃圾袋供大家使用。目前這條哈法委員會正在投票表決是否採用這個提案，委員會成員Steve表示這是個雙贏的方案：「大家都需要透明袋，而Glad公司願意免費提供，我不覺得有什麼問題。」
Glad公司會提供一些藍色透明垃圾袋樣品和優惠券，居民將來可以在網上購買。Steve表示，這只是給大家一個選擇，不會強制大家購買。
該方案已經得到很多贊同，是否實施有待今天委員會討論結果。
Only 10 weeks left until Halifax residents have to switch to clear garbage bags for curbside pickup and one company has reached out to help in exchange for marketing space.
As of Aug. 1, residents will only be allowed one black bag and five clear ones. For those who have yet to stock up on clear garbage bags, the company Glad wants to lend a hand.
They are offering $310,000 worth of free bags to the municipality.
Halifax Council will vote on whether to accept the offer, but Coun. Steve Adams has already called it a win-win situation.
"I think it's a very bright move on their part," he said. "Residents need clear bags, the municipality's demanding clear bags, Glad's giving them out, I don't see the downside."
The Glad packages will have samples of clear or blue bags, plus a coupon to buy more. The company also wants marketing space online.
"They do want some, airtime as it were, on the city's website which is perfectly fine, but HRM nor myself nor anyone else will endorse the product or the company, it just gives residents an option," Adams said.
Bedford resident Chris MacLeod likes the idea, as long it's in line with the city's push to reduce waste.
"You don't want to undermine the initiative by a company that doesn't necessarily endorse what the actual change is about, Glad makes both types of bags," he said.
Council meets Tuesday to discuss the bags.