REPORTS

 

  • Understanding Recycled Content: and why requiring minimum levels is not the answer for paper packaging - (July 2011):
    This 4-page PPEC backgrounder explains how average recycled content is calculated and places the latest Canadian industry numbers in a global context of supply and demand.  It then argues that minimum thresholds of recycled content for paper packaging are not necessary. Read more...
  • Residential Recovery of Paper Packaging for Recycling - (February, 2011):
    PPEC study looks at the available data and estimates that 65% of used corrugated and boxboard ending up in Canadian households was actually sent for recycling in 2009.  Corrugated recycling was estimated at 75% overall (including an amazing 92% in Ontario), and old boxboard at 52 per cent.  Read More…
  • The Inconvenient Truth about Packaging Waste in Canada - (July 2010):
    PPEC study analyses the available data on packaging waste in Canada and then takes aim at three common misperceptions: that packaging is a huge chunk of the waste stream; that Canada is doing abysmally compared to the Europeans; and that municipalities are doing a much better job of packaging diversion than industry.  Read More …
  • First Life Cycle Analysis of the Average US Corrugated Box -(December, 2009):
    Corrugated Packaging Alliance LCA follows ISO 14040 guidelines, including critical review by a panel of experts. Both the 20-page summary and the entire technical report (112 pages) are available in downloadable PDF format at CPA’s website - http://corrugated.theresponsiblepackage.org/
  • At least 80% of Canadians can now recycle boxes and cartons - (April, 2009):
    Over 80% of Canadians now have access to the recycling of common corrugated boxes and boxboard cartons.  This PPEC study has implications for brandowners marketing nationally or provincially because access to recycling determines what they can say about package recyclability.  Read More…
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