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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/CAN/706
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Title
Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation (8 pages, in English only)
Objective
Protection of the environment (TBT)
Product Covered
Refuse sacks and bags, of polymers of ethylene (HS Code 3923219010); Sacks and bags, including cones, of polymers of ethylene (HS Code 3923299090); Sacks and bags, including cones, of plastics (HS Code 3923299000); Utensils, kitchenware, of plastics (HS Code 3924100091); Disposable tumblers & cups of plastics (HS Code 3924100093); Other disposable tableware, of plastics; and (HS Code 3924100094); Kitchenware, of plastics (HS Code 3924100099).; Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene (HS 392321); Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene) (HS 392329); Tableware and kitchenware, of plastics (HS 392410)
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HSCODE
392321 - Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene; 392329 - Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene); 392410 - Tableware and kitchenware, of plastics
ICSCODE
55.080 - Sacks. Bags
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The Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation (the Regulation)1. Prohibits:• single-use plastic shopping bags including those made from compostable and biodegradable plastics.• food service providers from using foodservice packaging (e.g., containers, cartons, egg cartons, cups, plates, bowls, trays, meat trays and film wrap) made from compostable plastics, biodegradable plastics polystyrene foam, PVC (polyvinylchloride) and PVDC (polyvinylidene chloride) to package prepared food and beverages for sale in B.C.• businesses from selling, distributing or using foodservice packaging (e.g., containers, cartons, egg cartons, cups, plates, bowls, trays, meat trays and film wrap) made from biodegradable plastics, polystyrene foam, PVC (polyvinylchloride) and PVDC (polyvinylidene chloride) to package food and beverages for sale in B.C.• single-use plastic utensils (e.g., cutlery, chopsticks and stir sticks) including those made from compostable and biodegradable plastics.• pre-packaged bundles of foodservice accessories (including napkins and single-serve condiments).• all packaging and single-use products made from oxo-degradable plastics.2. requires minimum charges for alternatives to single-use plastic shopping bags (i.e., single-use paper shopping bags and reusable bags). Businesses are also be required to enable a no-fee option (e.g., facilitating the use of reusable bags or reuse of an existing bag or cardboard box).3. requires single-use foodservice accessories (e.g., wooden utensils, drinking straws, napkins, wet wipes, single-serve condiments) to be made available only by-request/opt-in (i.e., a customer must either ask for or be offered an item) including through online/remote food order delivery platforms. Self service stations are also permitted.4. includes, exemptions for reasons of accessibility, affordability, or if no suitable alternative is available.Manufacture and import for the purposes of the above for export would not be subject to the prohibition. Shopping bags have reusable substitutes so the Regulation identifies performance standards to differentiate between single-use and reusable shopping bags. The prohibitions on sale and distribution of shopping bags, foodservice accessories, foodservice ware (except for polystyrene foam trays used for meat, poultry and fish) will come into force 6 months after the regulation’s publication. The prohibition on the distribution and sale of polystyrene foam trays used for meat, poultry and fish would come into force on July 1, 2030 seven years after the regulations are published.The Province’s approach is informed by the pollution prevention hierarchy to address the most problematic single-use items in British Columbia. The Regulation aims to reduce the impacts of single-use and plastic items, and the amount of single-use and plastic waste found in the environment, by moving plastics into B.C.’s circular economy by phasing out unnecessary single-use and plastic items; promoting a shift to durable reusable options; and, ensuring necessary single-use and plastic items can be recycled or composted.The identified categories of single-use plastic items subject to the Regulation are commonly found on Canadian shorelines and in terrestrial litter clean-ups. A range of evidence sources, including peer-reviewed studies, show that the items, when littered, likely pose a threat of harm to wildlife through entanglement, ingestion or habitat disruption. The Province estimates that the Regulation would prevent, for example, the use of ~192M single-use bags per year.The identified categories of single-use plastic items also present barriers to fostering a circular economy in B.C. that would keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment because they have low recycling rates, are known to hamper recycling or wastewater treatment systems, and have barriers to increasing recycling rates. Eliminating these products from the B.C. market would remove key irritants from value recovery systems and improve their efficiency.
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