Government of Canada published final regulations to ban single-use plastics
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, and the Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, published final regulations on June 20, 2022, to prohibit single-use plastics. The items include checkout bags, cutlery, food service ware made from hard-to-recycle plastics, ring carriers, stir sticks, and straws (with some exceptions). The ban on the manufacture and import of those six items will begin in December 2022, and the prohibition on sale a year later. By the end of 2025, Canada will also ban the export of plastics. Learn more.
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