--- title: "Minister Guilbeault: Expand the Ban on Single-Use Plastics" description: Email Canada’s Environment and Health Ministers to call for a stronger, more ambitious single-use plastics ban. image: https://act.greenpeace.ca/hubfs/GP0STSGBK_Web_size_with_credit_line.jpg --- [![Greenpeace](https://act.greenpeace.ca/hubfs/raw_assets/public/anseo_greenpeace_landing_page_theme/assets/gp-logo.svg)](https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en) En [Fr](https://act.greenpeace.ca/fr-ca/renforcer-interdiction-des-plastiques-usage-unique) # Let’s expand the ban on single-use plastics! ## Tell Minister Guilbeault we need urgent action **Canada’s single-use plastic ban tackles only about 3% of the plastic waste generated nationwide. \[1\]** In its current state, the ban falls far short of matching the urgency and the scale of the worsening plastic waste and pollution crisis. The plastic industry has sold us a lie about plastic and we now know that we will never recycle our way out of our growing plastic problem. \[2\]  We can’t curb plastic pollution without curbing plastic *production*. **Canada must expand the current ban to include more polluting and toxic plastics.**   The federal government has repeatedly claimed that it's committed to beating plastic pollution and achieving zero plastic waste by 2030 \[3\], so let’s hold them to their promise. Send an email to federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Guilbeault and Health Minister Duclos urging them to act now to #ExpandTheBan! Sources: \[1\] [The Liberal government's single-use plastic ban, explained](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/single-use-plastics-explained-1.6498061) \[2\] [Plastic Recycling: That's Not A Thing](https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/1d30117a-greenpeacereport_plasticrecyclingthatsnotathing.pdf) \[3\] [Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/reduce-plastic-waste/canada-action.html) supporter has signed supporters have signed needed to reach   Friend, thank you for signing the petition! Will you help us get the word out to make this campaign to break free from plastic even stronger by sharing the petition with your network? #### Thanks for sharing, Friend! 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