Promises are nice, but laws are better. Canada needs a stronger ban on single-use plastics.
February 8, 2021
Last week we welcomed a new group to the anti-plastic-pollution party. According to its website, the Canada Plastics Pact “brings together businesses, policymakers, associations and NGOs, behind a shared vision of a circular economy for plastic, in which plastics stay in the economy and out of the environment.” Sounds promising, right? Our hope is that these efforts will meaningfully reduce the amount of plastic that is produced and thrown away.
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Recycling Myth of the Month: Plastic waste is not just a ‘developing country problem’
February 4, 2021
When the subject of plastic pollution comes up in the United States, Europe, or other Western countries, many people’s first instinct is to dodge responsibility and pass the blame onto other nations.