The proportion of single-use food and beverage packaging litter picked up on Canadian shorelines nearly doubled last year to 26.6 per cent from 15.3 per cent as lockdowns and shuttered restaurants encouraged people to opt for more takeout and individually packaged foods.

HALIFAX: Like many during the coronavirus pandemic, former Nova Scotia politician and lifelong environmentalist Megan Leslie is having a tough time avoiding single-use plastics. “I try hard,” says Leslie, a full-time environmental steward since taking over as president of World Wildlife Fund Canada in 2017. “It has been harder in the pandemic.” It’s anything from…

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Janet Whitman

Janet Whitman is the contributing editor and a staff reporter at Advocate Media.