This summer, the Canadian government has outlined a plan to make major grocery retailers cut plastic packaging and offer more groceries in bulk and refillable containers. This is a big step forward to eliminate plastics and single-use packaging.

Canada needs a real plan to take on Big Plastic - Canadian Dimension

In June 2022, the Canadian government passed a ban on some single-use plastics - including plastic bags, cutlery, foam and black plastic containers.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2021 Environmental groups urge government to proceed quickly with promised ban on non-essential single-use plastics

TEA, along with more than 40 other environmental, health and community groups, issued a joint declaration calling on the Canadian government to create a national plastics strategy.