Environment committee  As you mentioned, I believe, polyvinyl chloride plastic waste is glaringly missing. That list, despite what Mr. Davidson said about it, is not drawn from the Basel Convention. I'm not sure where that list came from, but I would recommend using the Basel Convention listings. Canad

Environment committee  What we're getting at here is that the Basel Convention's latest rules, adopted in 2019, divide plastic into three categories: hazardous plastic, plastics for special consideration and non-hazardous plastics. We would like to see those for special consideration—the mixed and dirt

Environment committee  That is a really important question. We're talking about the true solution, which is to create less plastic waste, as Ms. St. Godard was saying. We have to stop producing single-use plastics. We're not going to be able to recycle our way out of the plastic waste crisis. That is

Environment committee  Yes, and Bill C-204 is a start. It shows intent to deal with this problem, and I appreciate that very much, but it falls short. We need to model what the EU has done, because the big problem is the so-called recycling trade in which the developing world is not handling this mater

Environment committee  Thank you. That has us very concerned as well. We learned quite late. We were not consulted as stakeholders. The environmental groups in Canada were also not consulted. This bilateral pact that was enjoined between the U.S and Canada basically allows Canada to ignore its Basel

Environment committee  Yes. Thank you. That's precisely right. The big problem everyone has identified is what is happening in developing countries under the name of recycling. The recycling that takes place is incomplete and highly polluting. It's very easy for people to say, “I'm sending it to the p

Environment committee  I'm almost finished.

Environment committee  As well, Canada should immediately update its Basel ratification by ratifying the newly adopted article 4A. Finally, Canada should terminate the arrangement signed with the U.S. that allows no control at the border for contaminated and mixed plastic wastes. By doing these things

Environment committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Jim Puckett. I'm the founder and director of the Basel Action Network, an international organization that takes its name from the Basel Convention. The Basel Convention is a UN treaty that seeks to control the