Steven Guilbeault, the Federal Minister of environment and climate change, and Jean Yves Duclos, the Minister of health, jointly announced that the plastics targeted by the plastic ban include shopping bags, tableware, catering containers, ring portable packaging, mixing rods and most straws.
From the end of 2022, Canada officially banned companies from importing or producing plastic bags and takeout boxes; From the end of 2023, these plastic products will no longer be sold in China; By the end of 2025, not only will it not be produced or imported, but all these plastic products in Canada will not be exported to other places!
Canada’s goal is to achieve “Zero plastic entering landfills, beaches, rivers, wetlands and forests” by 2030, so that plastic can disappear from nature.
The whole environment is closely linked. Human beings destroy the natural ecosystem on their own, and finally the retribution comes back to themselves. Various extreme weather phenomena in recent years are the best examples.
However, the plastic ban announced by Canada today is indeed a step forward, and the daily life of Canadians will also change completely. When shopping in supermarkets and throwing garbage in the backyard, we need to pay attention to the use of plastic and adapt to the “plastic ban life”.
Not only for the sake of the earth, or for the sake of mankind not to perish, environmental protection is a major issue, which is worth pondering. I hope everyone can take action to protect the earth on which we live.
Post time: Jul-01-2022