Do you think it’s enough?
The Canadian government just announced the ban of the manufacture and import of single-use plastics by the end of the year.
The ban will cover items like checkout bags, cutlery, straws, and food-service ware made from or containing plastics that are hard to recycle, with a few exceptions for medical reasons.
It will come into effect in December 2022, and the sale of those items will be prohibited as of December 2023 to provide businesses in Canada enough time to transition and to deplete existing stocks, the government said.
Canada will also prohibit the export of those plastics by the end of 2025 to address international plastic pollution.
Up to 15 billion plastic checkout bags are used each year and approximately 16 million straws are used every day, according to government data.
The ban is expected to eliminate more than 1.3 million tons of plastic waste over the next decade — the equivalent of 1 million garbage bags of trash.
Are these single-use items already banned in your country?
Source: CNBC, The Guardian
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