(Reuters) – The government of Canada on Monday published final regulations to prohibit “harmful” single-use plastics, with the ban on their manufacture and import to come into effect in December.
The ban will be on single-use plastics including checkout bags, cutlery, food serviceware made from or containing plastic hard to recycle, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws, the Canadian government said in a statement.
“The ban on the manufacture and import of these harmful single-use plastics, barring a few targeted exceptions to recognize specific cases, will come into effect in December 2022,” the statement added.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Alex Richardson)
