'They suck': Sask. MP takes aim at paper straws, tables bill pushing back against single-use plastics ban Conservative MP says private member's bill prompted by family hatred of paper straws

The federal government's move to ban single-use plastics has been the subject of legal turmoil, even as restaurants and fast food outlets have been switching to alternatives like paper straws, paper bags and wooden cutlery. Paper and bamboo straws were more likely to have PFAS than the other br...

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Published inCBC News
Main Author Whitfield, Janani
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 06.05.2024
Subjects
Bans
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Perfluoroalkyl & polyfluoroalkyl substances
Plastics
Canada
Saskatchewan Canada
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Summary:The federal government's move to ban single-use plastics has been the subject of legal turmoil, even as restaurants and fast food outlets have been switching to alternatives like paper straws, paper bags and wooden cutlery. Paper and bamboo straws were more likely to have PFAS than the other brands of straws, including plastic, but only stainless steel straws were free of these damaging chemicals. Brinkmann said this is true, but that if you take into account that Canadians ship 2.8 billion tons of plastics to the landfill, one per cent making it into the environment and staying there is a major concern.