MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO—The Canadian Polystyrene Recycling Association elected Maurice Panchyshyn chairman. Panchyshyn is president of M&R Plastics Inc. of Laval, Quebec, which extrudes and thermoforms semirigid packaging for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
Panchyshyn has been a member of CPRA's board of directors since 1994.
CPRA has 26 member firms. Its Mississauga recycling plant focuses on polystyrene and collects scrap from industrial, commercial and institutional facilities and 1 million households.