Environment Mattel switching to sustainable plastics December 23, 2019 The Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack will be the first Mattel toy made from sugar cane-based plastic. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Mattel, Inc. plans to achieve 100 percent recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastics…
Circular Economy Europe may miss plastics recycling target December 20, 2019 The European recycling industry is going to miss a 2025 target for recycling PET bottles, says a new study by ICIS, a global petrochemical market information provider,…
Plastics ESKA water to use bottles from recycled Quebec plastic December 13, 2019 ST-MATHIEU-D’HARRICANA, Quebec – ESKA Natural Spring Water will convert its entire line of non-carbonated, bottled water products to 100 percent recycled plastic bottles by April 1, 2020 in…
Plastics Sobeys paves parking lot with post-consumer plastic December 11, 2019 Sobeys unveils one of Canada’s first parking lots paved using post-consumer plastics diverted from local landfills. (CNW Group/Sobeys Inc.) STELLARTON, Nova Scotia – Sobeys Inc. has opened a new…
Circular Economy Inter Pipeline funding plastics research at NAIT December 2, 2019 EDMONTON – The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is receiving $10 million over 10 years to research opportunities to reuse and recycle plastic in Canada. Inter Pipeline…
Plastics UBC ditches single-use food ware November 27, 2019 Starting in January food and beverage sellers will have to charge at least 25 cents for single use containers. (UBC photo) VANCOUVER – UBC Vancouver is ditching…
Food KFC trying bamboo to replace single-use containers November 21, 2019 VAUGHAN, Ontario – KFC Canada is testing a bamboo fiber poutine bucket in early 2020. Although bamboo is a new innovation to packaging, it has been used throughout history…
Circular Economy Cosmetics company to reach packaging target early November 19, 2019 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND & MONTRÉAL – Loop Industries, Inc. and L’Occitane en Provence, a global manufacturer and retailer of beauty products, are expanding their supply agreement. Thanks to this extended partnership,…
Associations Chemistry and plastics industries come together for circular economy November 18, 2019 OTTAWA and TORONTO – The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) are joining forces to create a new plastics division…
