Over 75% of what the Blue Box collects is paper, and it has the highest recovery rates
When you crunch the numbers on Canada’s various provincial Blue Box systems, one fact stands […]
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A moving (and puzzling) story about dead Toronto chickens
Chickens are not something we would normally write about. And, in fact, this little story […]
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Fewer newspapers but more boxes in the home
There’s just something about paper! Thirteen years of data on what ends up in Ontario […]
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EPR (Blue Box) Fee Backgrounder (for 2017)
Please see below a summary of the EPR (Blue Box) fees for paper-based packaging in […]
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L\’histoire des emballages de papier et de carton au Canada
Il est parfois intéressant de faire un retour sur le passé. Voici ma contribution à […]
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C’est encore la faute de l’emballage (soupir)
Il ne fait aucun doute que certaines marchandises sont suremballées et qu’il y aurait moyen […]
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The history of paper packaging in Canada
Interesting to look back sometimes. Here is my contribution to a recent book on 100 years […]
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Le lobby du plastique raconte des salades et continue à discréditer les sacs de papier
En voilà un beau mensonge ! Le lobby du plastique tente de nous faire croire que […]
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Plastic lobby tells a big whopper, continues to smear paper bags
As whoppers go, this is a big one. The plastics lobby wants you to believe […]
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Packaging is the villain again (sigh)
There is no doubt that some goods are over-packaged and that more can be done […]
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Dick Staite: former PPEC director and “interim” chair
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dick Staite, a former […]
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Did you know that more adult diapers are now sold in Nova Scotia than baby diapers?
This is not a knock on Nova Scotia, simply pointing out that aging baby boomers […]
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