Environmentalists brace for resistance from industry over single-use plastics ban

Despite increasing awareness of the threat plastic poses to the environment, Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie, said he expects there will be some resistance from consumers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week announced his government's plans to, if re-elected, enact a ban on single-use plastics.
As the Trudeau government looks to ban single-use plastics in response to growing concerns over marine pollution, some environmentalists expect much of the debate to focus on its implications for consumers’ pocketbooks. Prime...

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