Starting in 2023, “packaging-like” and “single-use” products will be added to British Columbia’s producer-managed recycling program. | Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock
Canada’s third-largest province has approved a number of changes to its extended producer responsibility and container deposit programs. Continue Reading
A view of the recently installed e-plastics sorting and washing line at eCycle Solutions. | Courtesy of eCycle Solutions
A major North American e-scrap company has invested approximately $1.5 million into a plastics cleanup line, partly to get ahead of tighter international rules on plastics exports.
Montreal-based TC Transcontinental on June 16 announced its acquisition of the assets of Enviroplast. | lovelyday12/Shutterstock
A packaging producer purchased the assets of film recycling company Enviroplast and will use the equipment to supply itself with recycled pellets.
Packaging producer Cascades will purchase new thermoforming lines for products made with recycled PS and PET content, the company announced. Continue Reading
ReVital Polymers executives and local political leaders gather at the operation’s opening.
A technologically advanced plastics processor has opened in Canada as a successor to the failed reclaimer Entropex.
A tissue and packaging maker will invest millions of dollars into expanding its ability to use recycled PET and foam PS in its products.
Canadian companies Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics are deepening their ongoing partnership, with an eye on the evolving world of corporate sustainability.
The EFS-Plastics facility in Listowel, Ontario.
Many municipal programs and facilities have recently tried to cut back on mixed plastics, citing tight markets. But reclaimer EFS-Plastics has plans to open a third North American operation and is on the hunt for more mixed bales to fuel its growth.
Merlin Plastics and Peninsula Plastics Recycling are making substantial investments in mixed-plastics processing capacity, bringing positive news for a region hard hit by China’s ban.