The ban sounded delightfully simple when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced it last June. Plastics, especially straws and wrappers and bags that aren’t easily recycled, are polluting our waterways, killing wildlife and clogging our landfills. We should ban them, he said, with the worst of the worst gone by next year. And, Workman asked, what do we do about imports, or consumers turning to Amazon to buy the products they want? Their best ideas:Apply the ban first to products that can be replaced by easily recyclable alternatives.

Source: thestar February 06, 2020 23:13 UTC