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ARTICLE · 23 JUNE 2022

Plan For The Ban: Canada Announces Timeline For Single-Use Plastics Prohibition

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On June 20, 2022, Canada published its final Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (the "Regulations")[1] which come into effect on December 20, 2022.

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On June 20, 2022, Canada published its final Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (the "Regulations")1which come into effect on December 20, 2022. These regulations prohibit the manufacture, import and sale of six single-use plastic items that were previously identified by the federal government as "problematic plastics" that would be subject to the ban. Along with the final text of the Regulations, the federal government has provided a transition timeline for the prohibition of these items.

This is the fifth bulletin in our "Plan for the Ban" series regarding prohibitions and increased regulation of single-use plastics.2This bulletin provides an overview of the Regulations and updated summary of the current state of single-use plastics legislation at the federal level. For a Canada-wide review of single-use plastics regulation, please read our bulletin Plan for the Ban: Our New Year's Update of Single-Use Plastics Bans Across Canada .

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