Canada
Omnia Packaging Inc. is expanding into Canada with a new manufacturing site in Ontario that's creating 50 jobs.
Polystyvert Inc. uses solvent-based technology to recycle contaminated EPS, an approach the company also hopes to license to others.
Canada's new passport design includes a polycarbonate page with laser etching.
Canada's government is out with a proposed new regulatory framework that would mandate recycled content for plastic packaging and toughen rules on green labeling.
Heartland Polymers has begun production of propylene monomer at a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Strathcona County, Alberta.
A variety of factors — among them, inflation, labor and falling virgin resin prices — have conspired to cause market problems for reclaimers.
Canada's national government says its plan for an 80 percent recyclability labeling threshold is meeting with resistance. It also faces a court hearing March 7 related to a proposed ban on some single-use plastics.
A U.S.-Canada business group analysis found that to achieve a plastics recycling goal, the Great Lakes region will require 60 percent more recycling processing capacity.
Molded paper fiber company CKF Inc. is acquiring Packright Manufacturing Ltd., a maker of recycled PET thermoforms and expanded polystyrene foam packaging in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
The factory near Edmonton will meet strong regional demand in Western Canada while tapping into a skilled workforce.
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