Canada to ban plastic bags and straws

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Plastic bags and straws could be illegal in Canada come next year.

On Wednesday (October 7), federal environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the list of single-use plastic items the Liberals plan to ban in order to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.

Items to be banned are:

• plastic bags;
• straws;
• stir sticks;
• six-pack rings;
• cutlery;
• polystyrene takeout containers.

Wilkinson said the regulations for the banned items will be finalized by the end of 2021.

Full report at Straight dot com: Link

Jonathan Wilkinson. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, at Twitter: Link

Edited October 8, 2020 by Eldorado