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Earth Day in Montreal: Valérie Plante calls for a ban on plastic bags, single-use plastics

by Lorraine Carpenter

“I invite all municipalities in Greater Montreal to join the global movement to curb plastic pollution.”

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has released a statement alongside the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) on Earth Day, requesting that all municipalities in Greater Montreal and throughout the region ban the distribution of plastic bags and other items made from single-use plastics.

“The experts’ reports are unanimous and the climate crisis no longer leaves us a choice: we must take strong measures. I therefore invite all municipalities in the region to adopt such regulations and thus join the global movement to curb plastic pollution alongside the CMM and hundreds of other cities and regions. Let’s work together to make a real difference and leave our children a more responsible, greener and more resilient Greater Montreal.”

—Valérie Plante

Currently, more than 15 cities in the region have announced the complete ban of plastic shopping bags, including Deux-Montagnes, Candiac, Châteauguay, Laval, L’Assomption, Longueuil, Mercier, Montreal, Repentigny, Rosemère, Saint-Lambert and Terrebonne.

Earth Day in Montreal: Valérie Plante calls for a ban on plastic bags, single-use plastics

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.