It will be implemented tomorrow! Canada announces new ban! 5 types of items are banned from restaurant takeaways and supermarkets
On the occasion of the 15th meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), the Canadian federal government says it wants to end the harmful effects of plastic pollution on nature and wildlife.
From December 20, 2022, Canada will ban the production and import of the following harmful single-use plastic products:
1. Shopping bag
2. Cutlery
3. Dining utensils (made from difficult-to-recycle, problematic plastics)
4. Stirring rod
5. Straw
6. Ring brackets (effective June 2023)
Canada's New Deal will have a huge impact on all walks of life in restaurants and supermarkets.
Let's take a look at the specific content of the ban based on the explanation on the government's official website.
Shopping plastic bags, which are widely used in supermarkets and restaurants for takeaway.
2. Tableware includes: knives, forks, spoons, sporks and chopsticks.
3. Foodservice ware refers to appliances designed for the transportation of ready-to-eat foods or beverages. Prohibited materials include: expanded polystyrene foam; extruded polystyrene foam; polyvinyl chloride; carbon black; an oxidatively degradable of plastic.
Including but not limited to the following dining utensils:
1. Clamshell container
2. Covered container
3. Lunch box
4. cup
5. Dish
6. Bowl
4. Stirrer rods are used to stir or mix beverages, or to prevent beverages from overflowing from container lids.
5. Straws, including:
1. Straight straw
2. Flexible straw, with a corrugated part that allows the straw to bend and be packaged with beverages (juice, etc.)
Sixth, the ring bracket, designed to surround the beverage container for easy portability, will be implemented in June next year
The new ban in Canada will lead to an estimated elimination of more than 1.3 million tons of hard-to-recycle plastic waste and more than 22,000 tons of plastic pollution over the next 10 years, equivalent to more than 10,000 full garbage bags, the Trudeau government said in a press release. .
These measures position Canada as a world leader in the fight against plastic pollution and will help meet the commitments of the Ocean Plastic Charter.
"We have made a promise to Canadians that we will ban certain harmful single-use plastics, and today we are doing so by banning the manufacture and import of five of the six types of harmful single-use plastic in Canada," said Steven Guilbeault, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. class to fulfill this promise.”
