Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published a consultation document on July 4, 2024, seeking input from stakeholders on a proposed roadmap for addressing plastic waste and pollution from the textile and apparel...more
Le gouvernement fédéral du Canada (le « gouvernement ») a annoncé récemment des mesures exhaustives visant à réduire la pollution par le plastique. Ces mesures s’inscrivent dans les efforts pour faciliter la transition vers...more
The Government of Canada recently announced what it characterizes as comprehensive measures to reduce plastic pollution in efforts to move toward a circular economy and zero plastic waste by 2030 in accordance with the...more
Le 26 novembre 2021, le ministère de l’Environnement, de la Protection de la nature et des Parcs (le « ministère ») a publié quatre projets de règlement dans le but de clarifier les circonstances dans lesquelles un projet...more
On November 26, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (the Ministry) released four draft regulations that offer project proponents greater clarity about whether their projects will need to undergo an...more
On October 7, 2020, the Canadian government released the next steps in its plan to move Canada to zero plastic waste by 2030....more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) discussed in a publication yesterday certain aspects of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) that United States and Canadian negotiators recently agreed to for...more
On January 16, 2018, the European Commission unveiled the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (the “Strategy”). The Strategy responds to a redirection in global waste trade and management spurred by China’s...more
On June 27, 2017, City of Vancouver Staff updated City Council on new strategies to reduce single-use items like disposable cups, plastic and paper shopping bags, foam food packaging and take-out containers. City Staff...more