U.S. Plastic Firms Join Push To Remove Canada’s ‘Toxic’ Label

Major U.S. plastic industry groups have joined a lawsuit in Canada challenging the government’s designation of plastics as toxic ahead of a ban on single-use products.

Canada’s Federal Court accepted applications Friday from the American Chemistry Council, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers and the Plastic Industry Association to be intervenors in a legal challenge launched by Canadian-based firms seeking to remove the toxics label, the court’s website said.

“Such a label could have ramifications far beyond some single-use items,” Tony Radoszewski, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, said Friday in a statement provided by the group. “It ...