The Canadian government intends to completely ban the use of six plastic products including supermarket plastic bags

　　China News Service, Toronto, October 7 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Canadian government announced on October 7 that it will include 6 types of disposable plastic products in the national plastic product ban that will take effect next year.

　　The plastic products included in the "blacklist" include shopping bags, straws, stirring sticks commonly used in supermarkets and grocery stores, six-ring plastic sleeves for packaging beverage cans, tableware, and packaging lunch boxes made of difficult-to-recycle plastic.

However, plastics used to make personal protective equipment or medical supplies will not fall within the scope of the ban.

　　Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Wilkinson said that the legislative process is expected to be completed before the end of 2021.

When the ban takes effect, businesses must provide customers with alternatives, such as reusable environmental shopping bags or paper bags.

　　This is one of the measures taken by the ruling Liberal Party to implement one of its 2019 election campaign promises.

The Canadian government is striving to achieve the "Zero Plastic Waste Plan" by 2030.

The federal government and provincial and territorial governments have jointly established a "zero plastic waste strategy."

　　The day before, Alberta, a major oil-producing province in western Canada, issued the "Natural Gas Vision and Strategy" aimed at promoting clean technology and economic diversification as an important plan for its economic recovery.

Among them, it is proposed that by 2030, Alberta will become a plastic recycling center in western North America.

In response to the federal government’s ban on plastics, Alberta’s Deputy Director of Natural Gas Nellie responded that the federal government should focus on building a circular economy instead of banning disposable plastic products and marking them as toxic substances.

　　According to data provided by Canadian officials, Canadians discard 3 million tons of plastic waste each year, of which only 9% is recycled and most plastic waste is landfilled.

In Canada, as many as 15 billion plastic bags are used each year, and nearly 57 million plastic straws are used every day.

Most of the plastic waste in the country's freshwater environment is disposable plastic products.

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