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Canada Approved Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations

Date: Jun 23rd, 2022

Subject: Canada – Approved Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations

Canada has approved the Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations. Here’s the highlight for some major differences between it and its proposal:

Checkout bag:

  • will break or tear if washed in accordance with the washing procedures specified for a single domestic wash in the International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 6330, entitled Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing, as amended from time to time.

Cutlery or straw:

  • contains polystyrene or polyethylene; or;
  • changes its physical properties after being run through an electrically operated household dishwasher 100 times.

Exceptions for plastic straws:

A retail store may sell a single-use plastic flexible straw to a customer if the straw is packaged together with a beverage container and the packaging was done at a location other than the retail store. However, it will be prohibited from 20th Jun, 2024.

Effective dates:

  • From 20th June, 2023, a person must not manufacture or import single use plastic ring carriers, and from 20th June, 2024, a person must not sell single-use plastic ring carriers
  • From 20th Dec, 2023, a person must not sell single-use plastic straws, plastic checkout bags, single-use plastic cutlery, single-use plastic foodservice ware or single-use plastic stir sticks.
  • From 20th Dec, 2025, Single-Use Plastics that are manufactured, imported or sold for the purpose of export will be prohibited
  • The rest will become effective 20th Dec, 2022

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