Plan for the Ban: Plastics Classified as “Toxic Substance” Under Canadian Environmental Protection Act
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Last fall, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced the federal government’s next steps towards achieving a plastic waste-free Canada. Since then, several notable changes in plastic regulation have occurred on the federal front. Plastics have now been classified under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999[1] (“CEPA”) as a “toxic substance”. In addition, there are proposed amendments to CEPA currently being considered by the federal government that would prohibit the export of plastics to foreign jurisdictions for final disposal.