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How about a different approach to recycled content and the circular economy?

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Recycled content is the key component in the creation of a circular economy. It keeps raw materials flowing within the economy longer, reduces the pressure to extract more virgin materials from the earth, and delays their eventual disposal as waste. Recovering more materials for further use also creates jobs. A circular economy is something that […]

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Almost 80,000 more tonnes of plastic in Ontario homes than 10 years ago

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An analysis of the last 10 years of data on Blue Box-type materials generated by Ontario households shows a 34% increase in the amount of plastic packaging ending up in the home. And most of it (70%) did not get sent on for recycling. The major increase is in the catch-all category of “other” plastics,

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False arguments being used to promote post-consumer recycled content

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Don’t get me wrong. I fully support the use of more post-consumer material in packaging and products. Just not some of the BS that goes with it. And this is important because governments are stipulating post-consumer content without knowing all the facts. Here are some of the false claims being made: False Claim # 1:

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Forest Stewardship Council misleads Canadians, smears paper packaging

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An open letter to Francois Dufresne, President and CEO of Forest Stewardship Council (Canada) Dear Mr. Dufresne: I recognize that FSC is in a three-way fight for market share in the forest and paper certification business, and that part of that fight is your recent launch of a new video plug for FSC aimed at

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Everything you wanted to know about paper packaging

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PPEC’s popular fact sheets have been revamped and updated, all 34 of them. Broken into five sections of interest, the factsheets cover a broad range of topics: from why packaging exists to where it comes from (trees); from what it’s made from to how it’s made; and to the industry’s history of reduction, re-use, and

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Ontario Blue Box recovery rate slips again, but paper’s steady

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The recovery rate of Ontario’s residential Blue Box system has slipped again, to its lowest level since 2005. According to Stewardship Ontario, the 2017 recovery rate was 61.3 per cent, down almost two per cent on the previous year. The provincial target is 60 per cent. Almost three-quarters of what’s currently being recovered is paper

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