The federal government's single-use plastic ban will be implemented in phases over the next 18 months. Environmental organizations and local businesses see the overall benefits of the announcement.

Plastic pollution can be harmful to human health, too. Microplastics are created when larger pieces of plastic break down ...

Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia/File The overall plastic consumption in New Jersey has tripled following the state’s single-use plastic ban, according to new research.

CNW/ - With Canada's ban on single-use plastics now fully enforced, businesses across the country are under pressure to ...

The first phase of Canada’s single-use plastic ban goes into effect on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. That means some commonly used plastics will no longer be allowed to be manufactured and imported for sale ...

The federal government estimates that getting rid of the single-use plastics will eliminate 1.3 million tonnes of difficult-to-recycle plastic waste and a million garbage bags’ worth of pollution.

Judge says Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was 'unreasonable and unconstitutional' Single-use plastic bags all but disappear from P.E.I.'s waste system in 1st year of ban ...

Unfortunately, Ottawa has now set its sights on a new target for regulation: plastic food packaging. Earlier this month, the federal government opened consultations on food packaging waste, with the ...

According to ECCC, this "world-leading ban on harmful single-use plastics will result in the estimated elimination of over 1.3 million tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic waste and more than 22,000 ...

Join the conversation The plastic shopping bag case could provide an important turning point against the activist attempt to turn all plastic uses into a crime against the environment. Photo by Peter ...