With Impending Plastic Bag Ban, Canadian Bathroom Garbage Bins Prepare For Life Of Collecting Trash Directly

Ottawa - As the federal government prepares to ban the manufacture and import of single-use plastics in the coming weeks, trash bins in Canadian bathrooms are coming to term with the grim reality they will no longer be protected by a make-shift garbage bag.

“It’s just not fair, am I just expected to have all those used q-tips and kleenex touching me directly? I need a protective layer of thin plastic to keep me clean,” a Thunder Bay bathroom waste bin tells us, “This is just further proof Trudeau doesn’t care about his constituents or their garbage bins.”

The practice of using an old shopping bag in place of a real garbage bag is common from coast to coast. But with the upcoming ban, many Canadians are rushing to find new solutions to store their bathroom garbage.

“I haven’t really thought about it but I guess I’ll just put my garbage directly into the bin. I don’t really see myself actually buying real garbage bags for the bathroom,” Barbra Stevens from Regina tells us, “Do they even make garbage bags that small? I’ve never seen them at the Co-op.”

In Ontario, the trash bin union has voted in favour of striking unless Premier Ford provides an immediate solution.