Canada bids farewell to plastic straws, cutlery and checkout bags. Canadians throw away three million tonnes of plastic waste each year—including a staggering 15 billion bags annually. Only nine percent of it is recycled.
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Canada bids farewell to plastic straws, cutlery and checkout bags. Canadians throw away three million tonnes of plastic waste each year—including a staggering 15 billion bags annually. Only nine percent of it is recycled.
by Wagamaga
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The regulation banning single-use plastics was introduced last year and was to be phased in as part of Ottawa’s commitment to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.
But it hit a snag in November when a Canadian court ruled in a case brought by oil and chemical companies that it was “unreasonable and unconstitutional.”
The government went ahead anyway, asking the court to stay an order quashing the ban while it appeals the decision, and the prohibition against the manufacture, sale or in-store distribution of single-use plastics came into force.
Charles Desgens, 29, was having lunch at a restaurant in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a short drive from Montreal, as eating establishments were scrambling to get rid of the last of their plastic inventory.