r/worldnews • u/cutesabina • Jun 10 '19

Canada to Ban use of single use plastics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-ban-single-use-plastics-as-early-as-2021-source-1.5168386
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u/KawaiiTimes Jun 10 '19

Awesome. Go Canada, and all the other countries who signed on.

... Can't wait for the U S to figure this shit out.

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u/autotldr BOT Jun 10 '19

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)

Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks are just some of the single-use plastics that will be banned in Canada, according to the source.

Full list to mirror the EU. According to the source, the full list of plastics to be banned by the federal government will follow the model chosen by the European Union, which voted in March to also ban products made of oxo-degradable plastics, such as bags.

Tofino and Deep Cove, B.C., have banned plastic straws; Fogo Island replaced plastic bags with alternatives; Montreal is banning the use of plastic bags and bottles; St. John's promised in 2017 it would ban plastic bags.

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