Canada reducing but not banning single-use plastics from G7 summit sites
OTTAWA — The federal government is reducing but not banning outright the use of single-use plastics at the G7 summit this week in Quebec.
Thousands of politicians, staffers, security officers, special interest groups and journalists are descending on Quebec City and Charlevoix, Que., for the G7 — the first time Canada has hosted the annual meeting since 2010 — and they all need to be fed, watered and housed for several days.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants the other leaders to sign on to a zero-waste plastics charter, setting international deadlines for eliminating plastic waste and committing to helping the developing world meet similar deadlines.
As a result, there is an attempt to make the summit a low-plastics waste event but not a zero-plastics waste event.