It is known that in Canada at the federal level the issue of a complete ban on the use of plastic packaging and disposable tableware is being addressed. That is, we are talking about everything that is made of plastic and very quickly turns into garbage. According to the officials who put forward the proposal for a ban, this will reduce the amount of waste generated.
However, analysts are confident that the problem of the formation of huge amounts of garbage will not be solved. On the contrary, the situation will worsen. Plastic will be replaced mainly by wood fiber packaging. As a result, much more waste will be generated. The increase will be approximately 1.6 million tons per year. As a result, a new problem will arise very soon. If now environmentalists are talking about the high toxicity of plastic waste, then in the near future they will talk about the “toxicity” of paper waste.
In addition, it should be noted that paper waste very often ends up in landfills in plastic bags. And these packages are not yet banned for use. The result is an ironic situation. If plastic is banned, the bags will remain. Accordingly, plastic packaging will not be fully banned.
How to solve the problem? Obviously, it is necessary to develop the processing industry. It is necessary to support and help factories that are engaged in plastic processing. As a result, it will be possible to talk about the reduction of garbage, which ends up in landfills in Canada everywhere. It is important to note that a complete ban on plastic packaging, the same bags, can lead to significant financial problems for each individual Canadian family. Therefore, we need to think not about a ban, but about how to minimize the problem of the formation of plastic waste by recycling it. Recycling produces new materials that can be reused in production and benefit Canadian society.
