'How do you explain dead whales washing up on beaches across the world, their stomachs jam-packed with plastic bags?' Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, on plastic pollution
"I am very pleased to announce that as early as 2021 Canada will ban harmful, single-use plastics from coast to coast," says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
This file photo taken on June 08, 2017 shows a sphere made out of plastic bags that simulates the contaminated earth during the launching of the"Zero Percent Plastic" ecological campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags in Santiago, Chile. on Monday, declaring it a "global challenge" to phase out the bottles, straws and plastic bags clogging the world's oceans.
"I am very pleased to announce that as early as 2021 Canada will ban harmful, single-use plastics from coast to coast," Trudeau said, arguing Canada has a unique chance to lead the fight against plastic pollution as the country with the world's longest coastline.Canadians are tired of seeing our beaches, parks, streets, and shorelines littered with plastic waste.
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