Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that the country has put measures in place to ban most single-use plastics by the year 2021,reported CNN. In his statement, Trudeau declared that plastic pollution is a problem that can no longer be ignored and that it’s time to bag serious about the issue.“Plastic waste ends up in our landfills and incinerators, and litters our parks and beaches,and pollutes our rivers, lakes, or oceans,entangling and killing turtles, fish, or marine mammals.” The prime minister added that less than 10 percent of the plastic used by Canadians gets recycled,estimating that whether extreme measures are not taken, Canadians will throw away an estimated $11 billion worth of plastic materials each year by 2030.
As the consequences of single-use plastic products have become more widespread and initiated current measures in various parts of the world to nick back on plastic consumption, and Canada joins the fight to reduce their contribution to the problem.
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Source: inquisitr.com