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WRITE A LETTER TO GET SINGLE-USE WATER BOTTLES
IN THE FEDS' 2021 PLASTICS BAN

On Wednesday, October 7, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released a list of specific items to be part of the federal governments single-use plastics ban in 2021. The list includes grocery checkout bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, plastic cutlery and food takeout containers made from hard-to-recycle plastics (like black plastic packaging).

OWSAG was shocked that single-use water bottles were not on the list nor was it mentioned in the government's discussion paper A proposed integrated management approach to plastic products. OWSAG also wants to know: Did the Canadian Bottled Water Association (CBWA) or the Canadian Beverage Association lobby the federal government to keep single-use water bottles off the list of banned plastics?

Write a letter to Minister Wilkinson and the Director of the Plastics and Marine Litter Division of ECCC at ec.plastiques-plastics.ec@canada.ca urging them to include single-use water bottles in the federal government's 2021 ban and asking if the Canadian Bottled Water Association (CBWA) or the Canadian Beverage Association lobbied them the government in its decision. The deadline for comments is December 9, 2020. Read more here.
"The bottled water industry promotes their product as a 'healthier' alternative to tap water.
But the fact is tap water in Canada is much more regulated than bottled water."
​~ Eric Schiller, OWSAG member
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