Although relatively few corrugated boxes have wax applied to them (about 3% of all corrugated produced), they have long been a “problem” material when it comes to recycling. Those days may be numbered. Wax coatings have traditionally been applied as a moisture barrier to preserve the strength of a box holding wet or iced products […]
Industry well on the way to solving the waxed box issue Read More »
A slide shown at the Conference on Canadian Stewardship in Banff last week claimed a direct connection between paper ending up in landfill and the need to harvest fresh trees. There is none, as far as paper packaging in Canada is concerned. While it’s true that the overall paper life cycle requires fresh (virgin) fibre
We don’t cut down trees just because paper is in the landfill Read More »
North America’s first full producer responsibility EPR program for the Blue Box has been running for over a year now in British Columbia, with positive results. Will Ontario and the other provinces follow suit? Will they have the political wherewithal to effectively address the key issues of free-riders and producer control? The paper industry has
Key decisions looming on Canada’s Blue Box EPR programs Read More »
Anyone who has had anything to do with websites knows that they are much like airports, constantly under construction. We have four terminals, as it were, and it is a constant effort to ensure that the environmental information we post here, and on our three grade-specific websites (boxes, bags, and cartons), is accurate, concise, and
Meeting the demand for simple, concise factsheets Read More »
Yes, it has one! PPEC is pleased to announce the impressive line-up for its upcoming October 28th event on the Future of Packaging. Confirmed speakers include: [su_frame] [/su_frame] Dan Lantz, COO of Green by Nature, the company coordinating the processing of printed paper and packaging in BC’s full producer responsibility (EPR) Blue Box program.
The future of paper packaging Read More »
The plastics industry is besieged on multiple fronts and widely depicted as the “archetypical eco-villain of the modern world,” according to the editor of Canadian Packaging magazine. He then latches onto an American Chemical Council study that purports to show how much worse the world would be environmentally if plastics were replaced by competing materials
“Plastic still the future,” according to Canadian Packaging magazine Read More »
It’s party time! The industry’s environmental council turns 25 this year and wants to let its hair down (what’s left of it!). The plan is to both celebrate the past and to look forward to the future, while having a good time. The Big Event takes place on October 28 in Mississauga, Ontario and registration
Friends of PPEC, you are invited! Read More »
British Columbia’s new full producer responsibility program for the Blue Box is getting a bad rap, certainly in Ontario where some waste haulers, municipalities, and even a few provincial government people are calling it a disaster. Here are some of the claims we are hearing. Claim # 1: That many municipalities are excluded from the
BC’s new Blue Box program a good model of real EPR Read More »
The paper packaging industry wants old corrugated boxes banned from landfill. A couple of provinces have already done so (Nova Scotia and PEI) but so far the others (including Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario) have only talked about it. It’s time for action! The environmental benefits are clear. We estimate a ban on old corrugated containers
No good box should go to the dump! Read More »
Recent studies have highlighted how much food we waste (both in preparation and in the disposal of scraps) but we are also throwing away some perfectly recyclable other stuff, like paper. Why is this, and what can we do about it? Here’s a look at what Ontario householders put in their trash, somewhat arbitrarily divided
Why do we junk so much good stuff? Read More »
