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Packaging is the villain again (sigh)

September 12, 2016

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

August 10, 2016

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?

August 2, 2016

This is not a knock on Nova Scotia, simply pointing out that aging baby boomers […]

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Paper recycling represents 40% of Canada’s waste diversion

July 13, 2016

A recent Statistics Canada report on household e-waste reveals some interesting diversion data on other […]

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Something really fishy about plastic crate study

June 14, 2016

The battle between the corrugated box and the plastic crate industries for share of the […]

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Les hypothèses sur le contenu recyclé des fournisseurs de caisses de plastique soulèvent des doutes

May 17, 2016

          POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE   CONTACT : Rachel Kenyon (847) 364-9600, rkenyon@fibrebox.org Cheryl Reynhout […]

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L\’industrie du plastique retire en silence ses fausses affirmations sur les sacs

May 17, 2016

L\’industrie canadienne du plastique a retiré sans faire de bruit deux des fausses affirmations sur […]

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Something fishy about crate supplier’s recycled content assumptions

May 10, 2016

        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rachel Kenyon (847) 364-9600, rkenyon@fibrebox.org Cheryl Reynhout (401) […]

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Plastics industry quietly removes false bag claims

May 4, 2016

The Canadian plastics industry has quietly deleted a couple of the false claims it was […]

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L\’industrie du plastique fait des affirmations fausses à propos d\’une étude sur les sacs

April 18, 2016

L\’industrie canadienne du plastique embellit la crédibilité d\’une étude qui, selon elle, prouve que les […]

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Plastics industry makes false claims for bag study

April 15, 2016

The Canadian plastics industry is embellishing the credentials of a study it says proves that […]

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The reports of paper’s death are greatly exaggerated

March 28, 2016

We frequently hear and see comments about paper “dying” or being supplanted by other materials. […]

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