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By The Canadian Press

PLASTICS BAN

Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

Jun 10, 2019 | 10:57 AM

MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, Que. — Ottawa has announced its intention to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement today at a nature reserve in Mont St-Hilaire, south of Montreal.

The details of how such a ban would be implemented remain unknown, but the government will conduct research to determine the best course of action, which it says will be grounded in scientific evidence.

Trudeau says the situation of plastic overflowing in landfills and polluting oceans and waterways has reached a breaking point, and action is needed.

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