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

Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by zcid on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @04:17PM (#20159135)

I've seen this tossed around a lot the last few months, but I've yet to see any evidence of its truth. Do you have a link to a study or some other source for this?

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by guessy on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @07:27PM (#20160444)

"China has been a major destination for Australia's recycled waste, with around 1.3 million tonnes exported in 2016–17. This accounted for 4 per cent of Australia's total recyclable waste, but included significant amounts of recyclable plastics and recyclable paper (35 per cent and 30 per cent of Australia's totals)."

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Sen...

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by Tsubasachan on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @07:37PM (#20160496)

There was a Dutch journalist who went to Poland and saw those recycling centers just burn the plastics in open pits.

This is why countries need to clean up their own mess and not sell their waste to a foreign company to be recycled offshore. But out of sight out of mind I guess.

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by soperj on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @08:13PM (#20160684)

The US was a major destination for Toronto waste. Don't know where it ends up afterwards.

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by gpm on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @09:47PM (#20161065)

Uh, I don't think the US has declined quite far enough to be called third world yet.

Disclaimer (?): Am from Toronto

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