Residents of Ontario cottage country are incensed by a controversial proposal to switch from black garbage bags to clear ones.

“We have to use clear bags and it’s gross and feels like an invasion of privacy,” Muskoka resident Ky Lee wrote on Facebook. Locals also said they were frustrated over a lack of consultation.

On June 19, the proposal to ban black garbage bags was revealed by Director of Waste Management and Environmental Services Renee Recoskie, during a District of Muskoka Engineering and Public Works committee meeting. She said the clear bags are supposed to encourage residents of Muskoka to better sort their recycling and compostables, assist in the removal of hazardous items from the waste stream and increase worker safety when handling bagged waste.