"Sarah King, head of the oceans and plastics campaign for Greenpeace Canada, said she doesn't want the ban to result in alternative single-use items because that would simply be trading in one problem for another.

Rather she said the focus has to be on changing delivery models so we reduce unnecessary packaging and reuse that which cannot be avoided."

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Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution confirms negative impact of plastic pollution on the environment in Canada:

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2020/01/draft-science-assessment-of-plastic-pollution-confirms-negative-impact-of-plastic-pollution-on-the-environment-in-canada.html