A proposed garbage by-law in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula is drumming up a lot of public debate.
More than 70 people attended a public meeting last night at Sauble Beach to give feedback.
Residents voiced their concerns to Waste Management Committee members at a public meeting held in Sauble Beach last night.
The by law, if passed will allow one free bag to be set out with a maximum of three bags and the other two bags will require $1.50 bag tags.
A clause included in the by-law also states if the garbage pick-up employee believes there are recyclables in the bag, they will not pick it up.
The motion has had two readings and a consideration of a third reading will take place in the coming weeks.
During a question period many residents had concerns about the restrictions of what can and cannot be recycled in the municipality.
Several residents said they put out certain items that are supposed to be accepted but they don’t end up getting picked up.
Sauble Beach resident Ed Renaud says he was very disappointed in the way the meeting was handled.
Renaud says there was a lot of run around but not a lot of real answers to the questions being asked.
He says there is too much garbage being produced by tourists and the proper facilities are not made available to them to recycle.
Renaud says most people know they need to recycle and they want to but they will not drive out of town to the Amabel dump to do it.
South Bruce Peninsula currently has one of the worst diversion rates in Bruce County at 21 per cent.
Councillor Dan Kerr says their major concern is the fact that the landfill is filling up at an alarming rate and about 30 per cent of everything that goes into the landfill is recyclable.
Public Works Manager Brad McRoberts thinks the meeting went well and says council will be taking the feedback into consideration for revisions to the by-law.
Another public meeting held on Monday night in Wiarton only saw about 19 people in total attending.
The proposed by-law would also include a maximum fine of five thousand dollars for waste left on the side of the road or other public property.