OTTAWA — Canada is creating a national registry to track plastic production and pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday, with Ottawa...
OTTAWA — Canada is creating a national registry to track plastic production and pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday, with Ottawa set to host another round of negotiations toward a global treaty to end plastic waste .
"What we're aiming to do with this registry is to ensure that there's more transparency in Canada on the production and use of plastics," he said.For years, Canada has asked industries to report on emissions they produce, and those data are a critical component of Canada's annual reporting on total emissions.
Statistics Canada reported that in 2019, 6.2 million tonnes of plastic was produced in Canada, more than one-third of it for packaging alone.Canada also estimates that more than four million tonnes of plastic ends up as waste each year, and less than one-tenth of that is recycled. Instead, it breaks down into microparticles of plastic that end up in our water, our food and our air.
"We are on the cusp of securing a just and ambitious treaty that addresses that full life cycle," she said.
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