Canada will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday.
While a science-based review will determine what items are included in the ban, water bottles, plastic bags and straws are some of the items that are up for debate, Trudeau said at the Gault Nature Reserve near Montreal.
Fast food containers, cotton swabs, drink stirrers and balloon sticks could also be banned, CBC News reports.
“Canadians are tired of seeing our beaches, parks, streets, and shorelines littered with plastic waste,” Trudeau wrote on Twitter after the announcement.
Canadians are tired of seeing our beaches, parks, streets, and shorelines littered with plastic waste. Learn more about the action we’re taking to ban harmful single-use plastics: https://t.co/GZBt0K10Nt #BeatPlasticPollution pic.twitter.com/eZ0yT8ckY5
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 10, 2019
Trudeau said Canada is taking notes from the European Union, which voted in March to ban single-use plastics starting by 2021, The Associated Press reports. The Canadian ban is reportedly part of a larger initiative to combat pollution, CBC reports.
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#BREAKING: Trudeau announces Canadian ban of single-use plastics as early as 2021 https://t.co/ZIf1GpdTjK pic.twitter.com/5pbJettqTI
— The Hill (@thehill) June 10, 2019
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