Ottawa is Spending Millions to Eliminate Plastic Pollution, But Federal Report Says Amount of Waste is a Mystery

Ottawa is Spending Millions to Eliminate Plastic Pollution, But Federal Report Says Amount of Waste is a Mystery
Plastic forks are arranged for a photograph in London on Nov. 20, 2017. Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Chris Tomlinson
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The true amount of plastic pollution in Canada is a mystery, despite Ottawa budgeting millions to eliminate it, according to a federal government report.

The report from Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry V. DeMarco comes after in-house research showing that few Canadians consider plastic waste a serious problem.