Canada’s intended move comes after the European Union voted last year to ban single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws and other items by 2021. Its core conclusion: plastic pollution is “everywhere” — from oceans and lakes to groundwater and soil. In Canada, an estimated one per cent of plastic produced is dumped into the environment, a tally that represented roughly 29,000 metric tons of plastic pollution in 2016 alone. Then it will decide which single-use plastics should be banned under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Wilkinson said. He said single-use plastic bags, cutlery and straws are examples of products that will “likely” be banned.

Source: thestar January 30, 2020 19:07 UTC