Plastic has been classified as environmentally toxic by the Canadian Environmental Protection Agency -- "Big plastic threatens feds with lawsuit"
Plastic has been classified as environmentally toxic by the Canadian Environmental Protection Agency -- "Big plastic threatens feds with lawsuit"
The $35-billion plastics industry’s threat of legal action against Canada's efforts to rein in harmful plastic pollution will go nowhere, the federal government and environmental advocates say.
It's an interesting approach. While plastic is (mostly) not directly toxic to us, the argument that it is toxic to the environment seems scientifically sound. The classification allows for more regulation and pressure on an industry which have proven (as usual) extremely ineffective at regulating themselves, to the cost of all of us. And when you think about plastic as a direct product of the petroleum industry things just worse.
Looking at the CEPA web site it currently only lists "micro plastic beads". But I got a government link or the order. It reads "Plastic manufactured items" and goes into great detail on the rational and background.
Coincidentally I saw another story today:Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals.
Good article.
“…fossil fuel companies were rushing to switch to plastic production as two of their main markets – transport and electricity generation – were being decarbonised.”
I was expecting to see China as the leader here but its American Oil and Chemical companies financed by British and American banks. And they are pushing to produce more despite all the problems they are creating. Insanity.
4It's not insanity. They money's good.
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