Billions of bottles: Canadian statistics paint grim picture of plastic litter problem
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OTTAWA - New Canadian data suggest that over a nine-year period between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more than 15 billion plastic bottles and as many as 14 billion plastic grocery bags became litter in Canada's environment. The numbers are based on a new data set Statistics Canada compiled to support the federal government's “zero-plastic waste agenda.” The report was published in March, ahead of the global plastic treaty negotiations being held in Ottawa this week. The United...

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