Vancouver postpones plastic legislation until 2022 due to impact of COVID-19
Vancouver has postponed the start of its plastic shopping bag and single-use cup by-laws until January 1, 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Canadian foodservice is well-placed to embrace the federal single-use plastic ban
COVID-19 complicates things but Canada’s federal single-use plastic ban has been a long time coming and shouldn’t be too troubling for operators.
Tim Hortons will transition to paper straws across Canada early next year
Tim Hortons says it is in the process of introducing paper straws in its 4,000 restaurants in Canada and plans to complete the transition from plastic by early 2021.
Canada wants to ban single-use plastics by the end of 2021
Canada intends to ban items like plastic bags, straws, and some takeout containers by the end of next year.
Sobeys to eliminate plastic bags in all of its stores
Press Release Sobeys Inc. announced today that it will remove plastic grocery bags from all Sobeys grocery stores by the end of January 2020. The change will take 225 million plastic grocery bags out of circulation at Sobeys’ 255 locations across Canada each year. The move represents an important first step in the retailer’s journey […]