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title: Support a National Reuse and Refill Strategy
description: "Tell Minister Guilbeault: Commit to Canada-wide reusables now!"
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# Support a National Reuse and Refill Strategy

## Tell Minister Guilbeault: Commit to Canada-wide reusables now!

We are quickly becoming Planet Plastic.

**Canada’s recent plastic ban just doesn’t go far enough\***, plastic recycling is a myth \[1\], and single-use alternatives like paper create other problems for people and our planet. \[2\]

The Canadian government has committed to achieve Zero Plastic Waste by 2030. Unless it invests in a major overhaul in how companies deliver our goods and services, our shopping carts, communities and ecosystems will continue to overflow with toxic plastic.

**Reuse and Refill systems are needed to create a truly #ZeroPlasticWaste future!**

The #ReuseRevolution is growing around the world. Some global governments already require reuse and refill for some packaging types and sectors. \[3\] **Canada isn’t one of them**.

**To break free from our one-and-done, destruction-to-waste-production system, we need a national Reuse & Refill strategy, now!**

Tell our Environment Minister, Steven Guilbeault, to urgently create a nation-wide, cross-sector reuse strategy that prioritizes:

- reuse and refill targets that deprioritize plastic
- accessible reuse and refill infrastructure
- a just transition to reuse and refill systems 
- support for businesses to adopt and scale reuse and refill models

\*The federal government just banned 6 single-use plastic items. The banned items represent about 5% of so-called Canada’s plastic waste according to the draft regulations, and that percentage fell to 3% by the time the regulations were finalized.

\[1\] [https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/1d30117a-greenpeacereport\_plasticrecyclingthatsnotathing.pdf](https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/1d30117a-greenpeacereport_plasticrecyclingthatsnotathing.pdf)   
\]2\] [https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/single-use-plastic-bag-alternatives-1.6511415](https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/single-use-plastic-bag-alternatives-1.6511415)  
\[3\] [https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/51843/plastics-reuse-and-refill-laws/](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/51843/plastics-reuse-and-refill-laws/)

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