Feds have a long way to go to make progress on plastics pollution

The federal government should mandate a minimum of least 75 per cent of recycled plastic content in all new products. High recycled content targets create a market demand for recycled materials.

In Canada, just 11 per cent of plastic is recycled. Every year, 10,000 metric tonnes of plastic end up in the Great Lakes alone. Nationally, we throw out enough single-use plastic bags to reach the moon and back. We produce more garbage per person than any other country in the developed world.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY KEITH BROOKS

November 19, 2018

The federal government has promised to release a draft of its long-awaited national plan for cutting plastic pollution at this Friday’s Council of Canadian Ministers of the Environment (CCME) meeting. Unfortunately, the CCME has a history of voluntary agreements with little bark and no bite. But o...

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