Canada in plastic ban
In terms of "plastic restriction", Canada has a small goal: to achieve "zero plastic in landfills, beaches, rivers, wetlands and forests" by 2030, so that plastic will disappear in nature. According to the data of the Canadian government, the country uses 15 billion plastic bags every year, and disposable plastic products account for the majority of the garbage found on the country's coastline. This country has made such a decision.
Canada will comprehensively restrict the import of disposable plastic products
It is reported that Canada plans to comprehensively restrict the production, import and sales of plastic products. The ban was previously planned to be implemented in 2021, but was postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19.
The time plan for the ban is to ban the sale of the above six kinds of plastic products by the end of next year, and ban the export by the end of 2025.
On June 22, 2022, Canada issued the SOR/2022-138 Prohibition Regulation on Disposable Plastics, which prohibits the production, import and sale of seven kinds of disposable plastic products in Canada. Except for some special exceptions, the policy of prohibiting the manufacture and import of these disposable plastics will officially come into force in December 2022.
According to the Act, the categories involved include:
01
Disposable plastic Checkout bags
Means a bag made entirely or partly of plastic, used to carry goods purchased from merchants, and not a fabric as defined in Article 2 of the Textile Label Law; Or it is the fabric defined in Article 2 of the Textile Labeling Law, and will break or tear when the bag is used in the following ways:
It is used to carry 10kg goods for 100 times within a distance of 53m;
Or wash once according to the domestic washing procedure specified in ISO 6330 Textiles - Domestic Washing and Drying Procedures for Textile Testing.
02
Disposable plastic tableware (Cutlery)
Refers to products made entirely or partially of plastic in the form of forks, knives, spoons or chopsticks, and
Containing polystyrene or polyethylene;
Or after 100 times of washing in the household automatic dishwasher, its physical properties change.
Disposable plastic tableware (Cutlery)
Refers to disposable plastic straw with corrugated section, which allows the straw to bend and maintain its position at various angles.
04
Disposable plastic dining utensils (Foodservice ware)
It refers to the plastic products made of plastic completely or partially.
The shape of the container is made into a clamshell container, a container with a lid, a box, a cup, a plate or a bowl;
Designed to supply or transport ready to eat food or beverages;
And foamed polystyrene foam plastic, extruded polystyrene foam plastic, polyvinyl chloride, a plastic containing black pigment, which is produced by partial or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons or oxygen degradable plastic.
05
Disposable plastic carrier
It refers to the plastic products that are completely or partially made of plastic and can be used in combination around beverage containers for carrying together.
06
Disposable plastic mixing rod (Stir stick)
It refers to the plastic products made of plastic completely or partially for mixing or mixing drinks or preventing drinks from spilling from the lid of the container.
07
Disposable plastic straw (Straw)
Means a pipette shaped plastic article wholly or partly made of plastic, and
Containing polystyrene or polyethylene;
Or after 100 times of washing in the household automatic dishwasher, its physical properties change.
The unsuitable scope is as follows:
These regulations do not apply to plastic products that transit through Canada from a place outside Canada to another place outside Canada and are accompanied by written evidence proving that the article is in transit.
Except as otherwise provided, this Regulation shall not apply to the manufacture, import or sale of finished plastic products for export purposes.
These regulations shall not apply to plastic articles which are waste.
