{"id":5234,"date":"2022-11-18T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2022-11-18T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:45:02","slug":"single-use-plastics-ban-december-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/single-use-plastics-ban-december-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on single-use plastics will take effect on December 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR), which bans the import, manufacture, and sale of plastic checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws in Canada will begin to go into effect on Dec. 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The SUPR are part of the Government\u2019s plan to address pollution, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and meets its target of zero plastic waste by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The Regulations cover six categories of single-use plastics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Checkout bags<\/strong>\u00a0designed to carry purchased goods from a business and typically given to a customer at the retail point of sale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cutlery<\/strong>, which\u00a0includes:\n<ul>\n<li>knives<\/li>\n<li>forks<\/li>\n<li>spoons<\/li>\n<li>sporks<\/li>\n<li>chopsticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foodservice ware<\/strong>\u00a0designed for serving or transporting food or beverage that is ready to be consumed:\n<ul>\n<li>clamshell containers<\/li>\n<li>lidded containers<\/li>\n<li>boxes<\/li>\n<li>cups<\/li>\n<li>plates<\/li>\n<li>bowls<\/li>\n<li>that contains\n<ul>\n<li>expanded polystyrene foam<\/li>\n<li>extruded polystyrene foam<\/li>\n<li>polyvinyl chloride<\/li>\n<li>carbon black<\/li>\n<li>an oxo-degradable plastic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ring carriers<\/strong>\u00a0that are flexible and designed to surround beverage containers in order to carry them together.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stir sticks<\/strong>\u00a0designed to stir or mix beverages, or to prevent a beverage from spilling from the lid of its container.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Straws<\/strong>, including:\n<ul>\n<li>straight drinking straws<\/li>\n<li>flexible straws packaged with beverage containers (juice boxes and pouches)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Certain flexible plastic straws that are not packaged with juice boxes are exempt from the regulation under certain conditions to continue to allow access to people who need them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The regulations will be implemented on a staggered timeline:<\/p>\n<table width=\"720\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Item<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Manufacture and import for sale in Canada<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sale<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Manufacture, import and sale for export<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, stir sticks, straws<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2022<\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2023<\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ring carriers<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>June 20, 2023<\/td>\n<td>June 20, 2024<\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Flexible straws packaged with beverage containers<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not applicable<\/td>\n<td>June 20, 2024<\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can consult the following documents and fact sheets:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/managing-reducing-waste\/reduce-plastic-waste\/single-use-plastic-technical-guidance.html\">Technical Guidelines for the\u00a0<em>Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/managing-reducing-waste\/reduce-plastic-waste\/single-use-plastic-guidance.html\">Guidance for selecting alternatives to the single-use plastics as defined in the\u00a0Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/managing-reducing-waste\/reduce-plastic-waste\/single-use-plastic-factsheet.html\">Fact sheet:\u00a0<em>Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/managing-reducing-waste\/reduce-plastic-waste\/exceptions-flexible-straws-factsheet.html\">Fact sheet:\u00a0Exceptions for Single-use Plastic Flexible Straws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To stay informed on import restrictions and other important updates, <a href=\"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/clearance_step2\"><strong>PARTNER UP WITH A CUSTOMS BROKER HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR), which bans the import, manufacture, and sale of plastic checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir 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