Produce Stickers in Composting Facilities

Whereas the Government of Canada, Province of BC, and 17 regional districts, municipalities and local First Nations have together invested up to 30 million through the Organics Infrastructure Program OIP to keep organic waste out of landfills and to increase organic composting capacity in BC; And whereas the organic composting process is hindered by the difficulty of screening out non compostable plastic Price Look-Up PLU stickers applied to fruit and vegetable items that inevitably end up in curbside collection bins: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM petition the governments of British Columbia and Canada to require the use of certified industrially compostable PLU stickers on all fresh produce.