{"id":218359,"date":"2019-06-11T01:49:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T05:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218359"},"modified":"2019-06-11T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:51:19","slug":"canada-to-ban-single-use-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/11\/canada-to-ban-single-use-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to ban single use plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trudeau said the specific items to be banned will be determined based on a science-based review, but the government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws. (Pexels Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2014 Canada will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said the specific items to be banned will be determined based on a science-based review, but the government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs early as 2021, Canada will ban harmful single-use plastics from coast to coast,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said his government is drawing inspiration from the European Union’s Parliament, which voted overwhelmingly in March to impose a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics to counter pollution from discarded items that end up in waterways and fields. Legislatures of the EU member states must vote on the measure before it takes effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany other countries are doing that and Canada will be one of them,\u201d Trudeau said. \u201cThis is a big step but we know can do this for 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

Less than 10 per cent of plastic used in Canada gets recycled. The government said that 1 million birds and over 100,000 sea mammals worldwide are injured or die each year when they mistake plastic for food or become entangled.<\/p>\n

The EU’s measure would affect a range of plastic products for which reasonable alternatives exist, from straws to earbuds, starting in 2021.<\/p>\n

Disposable utensils would not be completely off-limits, but the EU measure calls for them to be made of sustainable materials when possible. The EU legislation also sets a goal of having 90 per cent of plastic bottles recycled by 2025 and of halving the litter from the 10 items that turn up in oceans most often.<\/p>\n

The EU estimated the changes will cost the bloc’s economy 259 million to 695 million euros a year ($291 million to $781 million). It’s not clear what the cost would be for Canada.<\/p>\n

China’s decision to no longer import some of the EU’s waste helped spur the plastics ban.<\/p>\n

China banned the import of plastic waste last year, causing other\u00a0Southeast Asian\u00a0nations to become new destinations. The\u00a0Philippines, complaining of being treated like a dumpsite by wealthier nations, shipped 69 containers of what its officials called illegally transported garbage back to Canada in May.<\/p>\n

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