In the News

Below you will find a few articles in the news recently that might be of interest to you:

Canada banning single-use plastics to combat pollution, climate change

- Canada will ban the manufacture and importation of “harmful” single-use plastics by the end of the year, the government said, in a sweeping effort to fight pollution and climate change. Most plastic grocery bags, cutlery and straws would come under the ban, with a few exceptions for medical needs, Canada’s Environment Ministry said Monday. Read more


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Growing shift to paper in food packaging anticipated

- Industry experts believe the share of fiber-based packaging will grow over the next two decades because of new technologies and a decline in the share of polymer-based packaging. Read more


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Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work

- If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling. Read more


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Corrugated Packaging Set to Be a Foundation of E-Commerce Sustainability

- Corrugated packaging continues to gain importance in the current e-commerce era. Various research efforts have highlighted the significance of e-commerce as a burgeoning trend in recent years, one that has been pushed into overdrive since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more


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