As the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) continues to work on achieving its mission to promote the environmental sustainability of the Canadian paper packaging industry, we will also be closely monitoring the following key issues in 2023: Extended Producer Responsibility and Recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach in which a […]
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Most boxes and cartons manufactured in Canada are made of recycled content – from old boxes and other used paper material collected from the back of factories, supermarkets, office buildings, and residential Blue Box recycling programs. And there has been a significant increase in average recycled content for paper-based packaging over the years, up from
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Une analyse des données des 10 dernières années sur les matières recueillies dans les boîtes bleues par les ménages de l’Ontario révèle une augmentation de 34 % de la quantité d’emballages en plastique qui se retrouve dans les maisons. Et la plupart de ces emballages (70 %) n’ont pas été envoyés au recyclage. La principale augmentation concerne la catégorie fourre-tout des « autres » plastiques, comme les contenants
Près de 80 000 tonnes de plastique de plus dans les foyers de l’Ontario qu’il y a 10 ans Read More »
An opportunity has opened to lead the Canadian paper packaging industry on environmental issues. The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) was formed in 1990 as an umbrella organisation to focus on environmental issues affecting the sector. Its membership includes over 90% of the packaging mills in the country and most of its packaging
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The Forest Stewardship Council of Canada recently had some rare words of praise for the Canadian paper packaging industry! “Here in Canada,’’ wrote President and CEO Francois Dufresne in a blog, “our packaging industry uses the largest portion of recycled fibres of any forestry sector – an important element of responsible forest management, and an
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Report card time! We’ve graded the 22 different material categories used by Ontario’s Blue Box system according to their most recent (2018) “sent for recycling” numbers. We’ve also looked back to see how much printed paper and packaging was sent for recycling in 2003 to discern any improvements or otherwise. It was in 2003 that
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Three provinces lag significantly behind the others in solid waste management in Canada: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. And what’s worse, their low diversion rates (ranging from between 16 and 18%) have not changed much over the last eight years, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. The data measures the disposal and diversion of
Le ministère ontarien de l’Environnement et de l’Action en matière de changement climatique (MEACC) se penche actuellement sur ce qu’il appelle les objectifs spécifiques de « gestion » des matières recueillies dans les boîtes bleues, comme le papier, le plastique, le verre, l’acier et l\’aluminium. Le ministère a déjà indiqué qu’il souhaite voir le taux collectif de
L’économie circulaire est à la mode ces temps-ci, comme l’ont été avant elle le développement durable et la responsabilité sociale des entreprises. Toutes ces bonnes intentions s’inscrivent cependant dans des démarches de relations publiques. Nous ne voulons pas paraître trop cyniques, mais cette question nous rappelle celle des changements climatiques. Nous savons (presque tous) que
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Call us multi-taskers. According to the latest waste disposal data from Statistics Canada, Canadians dumped 25.1 million tonnes of waste in 2014, a million tonnes more than we did 12 years ago. So on that score, Canada’s waste pile is growing. Not good news. But because there are 13% more of us now than there
Canadians are dumping more, and less, at the same time! Read More »
