PACKAGING BASICS
The primary source for information on paper-based packaging and the environment is a brochure first published by PPEC in early 1994. This is updated and available at Strategis Canada . It covers why packaging exists; changes in packaging over time; the paper fibre resource; what paper-based packaging is made from; types of packaging; how packaging is made; where packaging is made; Canadian shipments and imports; where packaging ends up; what PPEC's doing; and a variety of facts and figures.
For more general information about paper-based packaging (made from a renewable resource, high in recycled content, widely recovered) you can view our Overview Factsheet