Canada announces single-use plastic ban in effect as early as 2021

Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson announced on  October 7 that Canada will be banning many single-use plastics by 2021, as a means of achieving the country’s goal of producing zero plastic waste by 2030. Among the soon-to-be banned items are: plastic straws, plastic cutlery, plastic grocery bags, six-pack rings for beverages, stir sticks,

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