Canada Moving to Limit Single-Use Plastics

Legislation:

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is working to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021.
• Vancouver is the 1st Canadian city to ban single-use foam.
• Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador are planning bans.

Canadian Polling:

• 64% of consumers want to be offered the option of packaging-free products and deliveries. 
• 71.2% support a ban on all single-use plastics.
• 94% are “personally motivated to reduce single-use plastic packaging”.

Corporate Examples:

• Early this year Loblaw Companies Ltd will pilot a program with TerraCycle to allow shoppers to buy items in reusable containers.
• Metro, Inc allows customers to buy meat, fish, and pastries using their own containers.
• Empire Co. Ltd. will phase out plastic bags by the end of the month.

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