Plastic Straws

• Single-use plastic ban takes effect Tuesday

  Amid the Canadian government's effort to phase out single-use plastics, the Dec. 20 ban against bags, containers and cutlery will largely impact grocery stores and restaurants.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022
  
• Canada to ban certain single-use plastic imports, manufacturing by year’s end

  The move will also affect single-use plastic straws, stir sticks, cutlery and six-pack rings used to hold cans and bottles together.

  Environment

  Jun 20, 2022
  
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• SunRype switches to recyclable paper straws for its single-serve juice boxes

  SunRype claims that all packaging on its 200-ml Tetra Pak containers is now recyclable.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2021
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• Would you pay a higher bottle deposit to keep plastic out of the ocean?

  It's one of several ideas environmental groups pitched on Saturday in a bid to cut down on marine plastic pollution.

  Sep 21, 2019
• Expert raises disability concerns over proposed single-use plastics ban

  A disability studies professor in London is calling for nuance and inclusion in the national conversation about single-use plastics.

  Environment

  Jun 12, 2019
• Calgary continuing single-use plastics report despite federal ban

  Despite the announcement of a federal ban, Calgary is continuing with a scoping report on how to reduce or eliminate the use of single-use plastic items.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2019
• Federal plastic ban levels playing field, Retail Council of Canada says

  The federal government announced Monday their intention to ban single use plastics by 2021.

  Environment

  Jun 10, 2019
• Tofino, Ucluelet become latest in B.C. to outlaw plastic items as bans take effect

  The districts both passed bylaws banning single-use plastic bags and straws last month.

  Environment

  Jun 8, 2019
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• EU parliament agrees to ban throw-away plastics

  The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics to counter pollution in seas, fields and waterways.

  Environment

  Oct 24, 2018
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• McKenna’s anti plastics push on Twitter running afoul of local businesses

  McKenna, who is on a nationwide tour this summer to tout the need to reduce plastic waste, took to Twitter on Wednesday and Thursday claiming both the Feline Cafe and Bar Laurel in her Ottawa Centre riding had confirmed they were no longer providing straws.

  Consumer

  Aug 2, 2018