Plastic Action Centre

The Australian Government has released its National Plastics Plan 2021, proposing a wide range of initiatives to fight plastic waste by reducing plastic packaging, and improving recycling and recycled content uptake in the Australian marketplace https://plasticactioncentre.ca//australia-national-plasti/

The #plastic problem isn’t separate from climate change. "To better understand how plastic particles move through the environment, scientists should investigate their transport as they do for nitrogen, carbon and water." https://theconversation.com/plastic-is-part-of-the-carbon-c

New year, new single-use plastics ban! The Town of Fort Frances, Ontario's ban on certain single-use plastics came into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.

Scientists have discovered that up to 867 million plastic items a year may be trapped by natural tangles of seagrass fibre known as ‘aegagropilae’ or ‘Neptune balls’. https://www.weforum.org//02/seagrass-ocean-pollution-plas/

The effort is part of a new project aiming to solve the issue of ghost gear, the term given to traps, nets, buoys, and other fishing gear that get lost or discarded in the process of fishing, and remain drifting in the ocean. https://t.co/RmI0iN5RUj?amp=1

New year, new single-use plastics ban! The Town of Fort Frances, Ontario's ban on certain single-use plastics came into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.

Watch Live: Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is set to announce Canada’s comprehensive approach to achieving zero plastic waste by 2030. He will also update Canadians about the ban on harmful single use plastics. Watch, comment and share.

A team of international scientists have developed what they call a "super enzyme" that can break down plastic into its original building blocks so it can be recycled infinitely. https://www.cbc.ca//scientists-develop-super-enzyme-that-b

#ThroneSpeech "The Government will ban harmful single-use plastics next year and ensure more plastic is recycled. And the Government will also modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act."

The provincial government has approved bans on single-use items for a handful of municipalities and plans to give communities across B.C. more power when it comes to outlawing plastics. Victoria, Richmond, Tofino, Saanich and Ucluelet have been given the green light to implement bans after each community passed bylaws against single-use plastics. https://www.cbc.ca//b-c-approves-civic-bylaws-banning-sing

A new study from Dalhousie University has found that plastic bans and regulations are losing support as Canadians put COVID-19 concerns first. https://plasticactioncentre.ca//plastic-food-packaging-be/