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OPINION: Court case could kill progress on plastic pollution in Canada

‘The world is beginning to act to reduce the plastic crisis’
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FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)

In case you missed it, the country’s biggest plastic producers are taking the Canadian government to court to attempt to overturn critical regulatory tools in the fight against plastic pollution. A Federal Court judge will hear the case in Toronto next week, starting on March 7.

Canadians overwhelmingly want to see plastic pollution tackled at the source, so we all must understand what’s at risk with this plastic lawsuit.

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