Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement

Mr. Trudeau noted that Canada threw away 8 billion Canadian dollars’ worth of plastic material each year. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the national environmental agency, that includes more than 34 million plastic bags each day. But Mr. Trudeau said Canada expected to follow the example of the European Union, which voted in March to ban 10 single-use plastics that most often end up in the ocean, including plastic cutlery, plates and cotton-swab sticks.

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