Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada will try to persuade its fellow G7 countries to adopt goals for plastics recycling and waste reduction.
The target would be part of what she calls a zero-plastics waste charter.
McKenna says that would mean all plastic packaging would be either reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
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She says there鈥檚 significant momentum among governments and multinational companies to take action on plastic waste.
McKenna, who was speaking from Mexico at the World Ocean Summit, points to the European Union鈥檚 target to recycle at least half of all plastics by 2030 as the type of goal she鈥檇 like to see.
Canada is president of the G7 this year.
The Canadian Press
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