Author name: Rachel Kagan

Executive Director Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC)

Revisiting Paper Packaging’s Circular Economy as Court Rules on Plastics Ban

Circular Economy, Plastics, Recycled Content, Recycling / By

A Canadian Federal Court recently announced its ruling in response to the lawsuit brought forward by the Responsible Plastic Use Coalition (RPUC), made up of companies from the plastics industry, who requested a judicial review of the federal government’s decision to add plastic manufactured items (PMIs) to the List of Toxic Substances under the Canadian […]

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What Reducing Plastics Means for the Canadian Paper Packaging Industry

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There are so many policy proposals aimed at addressing plastic packaging right now that it can be hard to keep track of it all. The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has been working to stay updated on government and industry initiatives aimed at reducing plastics – both in Canada and globally – and

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Happy National Forest Week

Celebrating National Forest Week

Canada's Forests, Circular Economy, Sustainable Forest Management / By

The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has enjoyed celebrating National Forest Week, which is taking place this week (September 17-23, 2023), as the sustainable management of Canada’s forests is fundamental to PPEC members and the circular economy of the paper packaging industry. Environmental sustainability is at the core of PPEC member company operations, and using recycled

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Pittiing Packaging Materials Against

Pitting Packaging Materials Against Each Other Misses the Bigger Picture

Circular Economy, Paper and Plastics Packaging, Paper Packaging / By

Recent media articles on the potential of paper packaging to replace some of the single-use plastic items being banned in Canada, such as shopping bags and take-out food containers, miss the bigger picture of waste management and consumption in Canada. Some articles have shared concerns raised by some environmentalists about shifting from plastic to paper packaging

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Paper Packaging Leads the Way

Paper-based Packaging Leads the Way for Ontario’s Household Blue Box Program

Blue Box, Circular Economy, Paper and Plastics Packaging, Paper Recycling, Recycling / By

Paper-based packaging continues to be a success story in Ontario\’s household Blue Box program, as measured by marketed tonnage, based on new data released by the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA), the regulator mandated by the Government of Ontario to enforce the province’s circular economy laws. RPRA’s new Datacall Report summarizes information generated by the 246 programs participating

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Are we putting the cart before the horse

Are we putting the cart before the horse when it comes to EPR in the IC&I sector?

Circular Economy, Extended Producer Responsibility, IC&I, Paper Packaging, Recycling / By

The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) monitors environmental issues impacting the Canadian paper packaging industry, especially recycling, since recycled paper-based materials are an important supply of our industry’s feedstock. To that end, we track federal and provincial government activities on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which is a policy approach in which a producer

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The Facts About Sustainable Forestry

The Facts about Sustainable Forestry and the Canadian Paper-Based Packaging Industry

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Sustainable forest management is essential to the Canadian paper-based packaging industry and its circular economy. And yet, misconceptions surrounding forestry and paper packaging persist when it comes to how paper packaging is made. With today’s International Day of Forests, the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) would like to clear up some of the misconceptions by

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Where is Canada's Guidance on Environmental Claims

Where is Canada’s Guidance on Environmental Claims?

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There continues to be increased global activity and enforcement around environmental claims and greenwashing, the practice of making false or misleading environmental sustainability claims. The U.S. is consulting on updates to its Green Guides, Europe is planning to introduce new laws to prevent greenwashing, and the U.K. is cracking down on net-zero claims. Which leaves

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