The new rules cover plastic checkout bags, cutlery, stir sticks and certain hard-to-recycle food containers. Single-use plastic straws will also be eliminated, although there are some exceptions.
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The new rules cover plastic checkout bags, cutlery, stir sticks and certain hard-to-recycle food containers. Single use plastic straws will also be eliminated although there are some exceptions.The manufacturing and importing of six-pack plastic rings for drink containers will be banned in June 2023, with their sale ending a year after that.The latest step is part of the federal government’s wider effort to meet its “zero plastic waste” target by 2030, according to the government website.
Canada is among the most wasteful countries in the world. World Bank data on municipal solid waste show that, on average, every Canadian throws out 706 kilograms of garbage each year.
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