Statement on Canada’s draft Single-use Plastics Prohibition (ban) Regulations

(UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES/VANCOUVER) –  In response to today's release of the draft proposed Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations by the federal government, Greenpeace Canada's Head of Oceans and Campaign, Sarah King said:

“The proposed single-use plastics ban regulations are a missed opportunity to signal a true shift to a low carbon, reuse-centered zero waste economy. The ban scope is far too limited, the timeline does not reflect the urgency of the converging waste-climate-pollution-biodiversity global crises, and harmful plastics can continue to be exported. The federal government is not acting like it acknowledges we have a real problem here.

read more www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/press-release/51742/statement-on-canadas-draft-single-use-plastics-prohibition-ban-regulations/