The move will also affect single-use plastic straws, stir sticks, cutlery and six-pack rings used to hold cans and bottles together. WATCH | Ottawa sets deadline for phasing out single-use plastics: Ottawa moves to ban many single-use plastics by end of 2023 Duration 2:02 The federal government is moving to ban many single-use plastics over the next 18 months including plastic bags, takeout containers, and single-use plastic straws. "We have not closed the door to banning certain other single-use plastics." Sobeys eliminated single-use plastic bags at its checkout counters in 2020 and Walmart followed suit this past April. Loblaws announced Monday morning it will ban plastic bags by spring 2023.

Source: CBC News June 20, 2022 21:02 UTC