Canada vs. Big Plastic: A legal fight about more than straws
b'This week, a federal court judge in Toronto heard arguments from a plastics lobby group and the federal government, in a challenge to a ban on single-use plastics like bags, straws and stir sticks that was introduced last year.\\n\\nOn today\\u2019s episode, Lisa Erdle, microplastics researcher and the director of science and innovation at the U.S.-based 5 Gyres Institute, describes what\\u2019s at stake in the court hearing, the impact of plastics in the environment and what can be done to improve the situation.\\n\\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts'