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The City of Vancouver is seeking take-out containers, bottled water, and other single-use, food packaging items, just one day before a ban on many of these same items is set to take effect.

The items will be distributed through Give a Hand Vancouver,the city’s new, centralized community support fund, which has an immediate need for disposable packaging and cutlery that can be used to provide meals to the Downtown Eastside in a hygienic and safe way.

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“The City is focused on protecting our residents and ensuring that our most vulnerable populations have access to the services they need – including fresh food and water,” said the city manager, Sadhu Johnston, in a news release.

The call for these single-use items comes just as the city’s single-use item reduction strategy enters a new phase. Last fall, council approved new rules banning single-use items like plastic straws and cutlery, except by request. These rules begin April 22.