Plastic pollution is choking the planet. You can help
Tell your MP you want stronger measures to stop it
Plastic pollution is worsening fast. Canada needs to step up action to stop it.
Nearly 90 per cent of plastic waste in Canada ends up in landfills, incinerators, lakes, parks and the ocean. Plastic pollution is toxic — it hurts the wildlife we love, the planet we live on and, ultimately, us.
In January 2026, the Federal Court of Appeal struck down the plastic industry’s challenge to the listing of “manufactured plastic items” as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The unanimous decision protects the federal government’s authority to regulate plastic pollution.
This decision sets the stage for Canada to take the bold action needed to tackle plastics and other toxic pollution at its source. But the federal government has yet to announce new measures and instead is weakening the regulation that prohibits certain harmful single-use plastics.
We can all take individual action to limit our plastic consumption, but that by itself won’t solve the problem. Around the world, plastic production and pollution are accelerating.
How to stop plastic pollution?
- Protect vulnerable communities from toxic emissions and waste.
- Eliminate microplastic contamination.
- Expand the ban on unnecessary single-use plastics and prohibit harmful chemicals in plastics.
- Champion a strong global plastics treaty that limits the amount of plastic produced worldwide.
- Back trade and investment agreements that support environmental objectives. The World Trade Organization has identified more than 220 policy measures in place in member countries, proving this is feasible and increasingly normalized within the global trading system.
- Stop the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to undermine progress.
Tell your MP you want Canada to step up action to end plastic pollution.