{"id":54951,"date":"2021-07-30T07:55:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=54951"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:53:07","slug":"7-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/environmental-news-en\/7-69\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. municipalities empowered to ban single-use plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Municipalities throughout British Columbia (B.C.) (Canada) can now move more quickly to prevent plastics from polluting their communities. Under new rules, local governments can institute bans on plastic bags and certain single-use plastics without provincial approval. \u201cCommunities across B.C. have made it clear they want to be environmental leaders by taking steps to ban single-use plastics,\u201d said George Heyman, minister of environment and climate change strategy. \u201cWe will continue to work with all levels of government to protect our land and waterways from plastic pollution and the harm it creates. Local governments wanted the ability to act without delay, and now they have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearchers have found plastic just about everywhere they have looked, from deep sea sediment to our shorelines,\u201d said Laura Hardman, director of plastics at Ocean Wise. \u201cThis pollution is a threat to our health, the economy and marine life \u2013 from zooplankton to beluga whales. We have seen growing support for policies banning unnecessary single-use items from B.C restaurants through our Plastic Reduction Program. By giving municipalities the ability to act swiftly to enact bans on unnecessary plastics, this amendment will support the systemic change we need to stop plastic pollution.\u201d The Province has amended a regulation under the Community Charter to allow local governments to ban single-use plastics, including plastic checkout bags, polystyrene foam containers, and plastic utensils, which includes stir sticks. Previously, municipalities required ministerial approval to implement a plastics ban.<\/p>\n<p>This change is one part of the CleanBC Plastics Action Plan. Since 2020, more than 127 tonnes of plastic have been removed from B.C.\u2019s coastline under the Clean Coast, Clean Waters initiative. It is estimated that in 2019, more than 340,000 tonnes of plastic items and packaging were disposed of in British Columbia. This equates to more than 65 kilograms of plastic waste landfilled per person in one year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watercanada.net\/b-c-municipalities-empowered-to-ban-single-use-plastics\/\">Water Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Municipalities throughout British Columbia (B.C.) (Canada) can now move more quickly to prevent plastics from polluting their communities. 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