The plastic waste issue in developing countries isn't due to their not having a recycling system. It's due to their not having waste collection like we have here in North America. This is a collection and recovery issue globally.
When we're thinking about regulating here in Canada, we should be thinking about what the impacts are and not just from a science-based or data-driven life-cycle analysis approach. What is the impact of the alternatives compared to the products or chemistries that we are proposing to regulate? I think there is a middle ground where you're thinking about environmental impacts, but you're also thinking about the economic and competitiveness impacts.
There's a sweet spot. There's a nexus, and that's where we should be focusing our attention.