Government of Canada delivers on commitment to ban harmful single-use plastics

In June 2022, the Government of Canada published final regulations to prohibit single-use plastics including: checkout bags; cutlery; foodservice ware made from or containing problematic plastics that are hard to recycle; ring carriers; stir sticks; and straws (with some exceptions). The ban on the manufacture and import of these harmful single-use plastics, barring a few targeted exceptions to recognize specific cases, will come into effect in December 2022. To provide businesses in Canada with enough time to transition and to deplete their existing stocks, the sale of these items will be prohibited as of December 2023. The Government will also prohibit the export of plastics in the six categories by the end of 2025, making Canada the first among peer jurisdictions to do so internationally.

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Source: Canadian Government

Functional Sector: Environment, Economics, Spirituality

Date Added: 2022-03-01

	Category: Plastics
	Format: Article
	Duration: under 10 minutes