One thing to keep on your Calgary recycling radar in 2022 is single-use plastics, said the city’s recycling programs manager.

On Tuesday, the Government of Canada said it would be moving ahead with regulations banning the sale, manufacturing and import of six different single-use plastics.  Checkout bags, cutlery, food containers, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws are targeted in the draft of the single-use regulations.

Sharon Howland, Leader, program management with waste and recycling services at the City of Calgary said this will likely be one of the biggest changes Calgarians see in 2022.

Howland said they’ve been waiting to see what the feds roll out on this before determining how the City might move ahead.  It should have an impact on what they see at recycling centres.

“What we should see is the implications of the single-use plastics ban, which should result in less single-use plastics ending up in our recycling, which is where they shouldn’t be in the first place anyway,” said Howland.