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01.05.2021 18:00:51
It recommended exceptions be made for hygienic bags used to handle certain foods, carry medication and dry cleaning.
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It recommended exceptions be made for hygienic bags used to handle certain foods, carry medication and dry cleaning.
The committee suggested the city work with the Quebec government to establish industrial norms to ensure new bags are recyclable.
In Canada, Leaf Rapids, Man., became the first municipality to prohibit single-use plastic shopping bags. here
But the CCDH said the responses were only proof that their “campaign to get anti-vaccine propagandists off social media is working.” The timing of the report also coincides with a joint hearing in Congress that will put Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg back in the hot seat over the spread of misinformation on their platforms, this time for its role in the insurrection on the United States Capitol in January. here
Facebook spokesperson Kevin McAlister told The Hill that the platform has "already taken action against some of the groups in this report." [links]
"We will not take action on every instance of misinformation. In order for content related to COVID-19 to be labeled or removed under this policy, it must: advance a claim of fact, expressed in definitive terms; be demonstrably false or misleading, based on widely available, authoritative sources; and be likely to impact public safety or cause serious harm," they explained. [links]
The report accuses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who was banned from Instagram last month — Joseph Mercola , Ty and Charlene Bollinger — whose Twitter accounts were briefly suspended at the beginning of the pandemic — Sherri Tenpenny, Rizza Islam, Rashid Buttar, Erin Elizabeth, Sayer Ji, Kelly Brogan, Christiane Northrup, Ben Tapper and Kevin Jenkins of spreading disinformation and claims that their social media accounts "have repeatedly violated Facebook and Twitter’s terms of service agreements." And the CCDH has receipts — the report is full of screenshots of “example violations” that range from misleading to antisemitic.
“Disinformation has become a direct threat to public health,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which released the report in partnership with the Anti-Vax Watch, in a release. “In the midst of a global pandemic, the Anti-Vaccine Industry has executed a targeted campaign to mislead Americans about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Social media is enabling anti-vaxxers to recruit millions of Americans and indoctrinate them with fear and doubt. If Big Tech companies don’t act now, the pandemic will be prolonged, and more lives will be lost.”
Figure 5 provides a bar graph that details the number of participants in each of the four discussion sessions that took place and which category of stakeholder or partner identified. [links]
This section presents a summary of comments received on the integrated management approach as outlined in the discussion paper. It summarizes a large number of comments received, and is not intended to be attributed to specific organizations or individuals. The Government of Canada also received comments on the draft Order-in-Council proposing to add “plastic manufactured items” to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 . Footnote 2
For those involved in end-of-life management, 8 individual companies and 9 industry associations provided comments. more
During Session 4 on November 27th, 2020, 34 participants attended. Of these:
The Government then sought input from partners, stakeholders and Canadians to help inform the development of these measures. This What We Heard report details how the Government sought input, who provided input, and what was said. In addition, it outlines next steps for the Government’s integrated management approach as it works towards achieving zero plastic waste by 2030.
Notably, those supposedly more-eco-friendly straws made from plant-based materials also take forever to decompose. If they end up in the ocean, they’re just as likely to harm sea creatures as plastic ones. [links]
Just as with the city’s coming ban on Styrofoam, this isn’t about science, but sentiment. Activists figure they can win on the issue (or at least use it to build their fund-raising lists) because it sounds environmentally responsible.
But even a national ban wouldn’t dent worldwide plastic output. Nor does any serious research justify targeting straws: The oft-cited figure that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day comes from a survey conducted by a 9-year-old. more
And making paper straws creates more air pollution — plus you often have to use more than one, after the first gets too soggy.
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