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Statistics Sources Analysis
National Packaging Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #37
Provincial Packaging Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #38
Industrial (IC & I) Packaging Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #39
Residential Packaging Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #40
Recycled Content Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #41
So much for the paperless house!
PPEC Fact Sheet #01
Recyclability Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #42
Forest Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #43
Deforestation Statistics
PPEC Fact Sheet #44
Infosheets 2016
January 12, 2016
What does Blue Box recycling cost in Ontario? Read it here
Infosheets 2015
December 09, 2015November 25, 2015November 05, 2015April 10, 2015March 02, 2015February 19, 2015January 26, 2015January 09, 2015
You read it here first: What you can say about paper and plastic Read it here
Québec Blue Box Fees Posted Read it here
- Typical cleaning procedures don’t actually sanitise plastic crates: latest study
- PPEC Seminar and Celebration Dinner judged a great success
- Saskatchewan to re-launch its EPR initiative in January
- Nova Scotia hits pause button on paper and packaging EPR
- CCME trying to encourage consistency in EPR programs
- FTC warning on greenwashing, Canada to follow? Read it here
- Look for a new Ontario waste policy announcement in June
- Our “Blue Box” blogs creating a lot of interest
- October 28: Save the date now! Read it here
- PPEC’s webinar survives technical glitches
- Our “Ban OCC” from landfill campaign about to be pitched to Ontario environment minister
- Promote your company on our websites
- Save October 28 Read it here
- Webinar on 25 February
- Please take 30 seconds to respond to our Member Survey
- PPEC’s 25th on October 28
- Recent blog goes down Memory Lane Read it here
- Save the date (October 28)
- Webinar planned for February
- Membership survey coming
- Saskatchewan program on hold
- City of Toronto working on long-term waste management strategy
- Organic bans in BC Read it here
- Save the date (October 28)
- Webinar planned for February
- Membership survey coming
- Saskatchewan program on hold
- City of Toronto working on long-term waste management strategy
- Organic bans in BC Read it here
Special Advisories 2016
February 24February 16
Submission on Draft Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy. EBR Registry Number 012-5834
Click here for PPEC’s Submitted Comments.
Special Advisories 2014
November 14, 2014April 11, 2014
Please get the word and “Recyclable” logo on your packaging! Read it here Need more info? Read the full report here
Forest and Chain-of-Custody Certification. Read it here
Statistics, Sources, Analysis
National Packaging StatisticsProvincial Packaging StatisticsIndustrial (IC & I) Packaging StatisticsResidential Packaging StatisticsRecycled Content StatisticsSo much for the paperless house!Recyclability StatisticsForest StatisticsDeforestation Statistics
The good news is that a comprehensive national survey by Statistics Canada of packaging use, consumption, re-use, recycling and disposal, covering both industrial and residential sectors, exists. The bad news is that it was undertaken back in 1996. read the rest here
There are no provincial packaging statistics that cover both industrial and residential sources of packaging. read the rest here
Data does exist on the use of packaging by 31 different industrial, commercial and institutional (IC & I) sectors, but it was collected as part of the 1996 National Packaging Survey and is therefore old. read the rest here
There is now some very good data on residential packaging. The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) or stewardship programs on printed paper and packaging in several provinces has spurred the creation of comprehensive databases to track packaging usage, collection, recycling and disposal. read the rest here
PPEC surveys Canadian packaging mills on what they are using to make paper or board for packaging every two years. read the rest here
You’ve heard of the paperless office. What about the paperless house? Not going to happen, at least, not anytime soon. read the rest here
In Canada and in the US, the definition of the word “recyclable” for environmental labelling and advertising purposes, does not mean technically capable of being recycled, or actually being recycled. read the rest here
PPEC’s major source of information on forestry issues comes from the annual reports of the federal government department Natural Resources Canada. read the rest here
The major causes of net deforestation in Canada are conversion of land to agriculture and the extraction of oil and gas. read the rest here
Recycled Content Survey
20142012
These are the key findings of our latest Recycled Content/Furnish Survey: Read the summary here
First of all, trees are made from a renewable resource. What does that mean? read the rest here
2015
Quebec Blue Box Fees – 2016: View the presentation here