PPEC Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Waste Reduction Week In Canada BY RACHEL KAGAN The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Coun- cil (PPEC) is pleased to have celebrated the 20th anniver- sary of Waste Reduction Week in Canada. Waste Reduction Week is an
and a rise in e-commerce – the national recycling rate for corrugated boxes is estimated by PPEC to be at least 85 percent, while Ontario has a 98 percent recovery rate for corrugated cardboard. Keeping these materials in the recycling stream allows PPEC member mills to primarily use recycled fibres in their products. Recycled content is a key component of the Ca- nadian paper-based packaging industry’s circular econ- omy, keeping raw materials flowing for longer, reducing waste, and allowing them to be remade into new paper packaging products by PPEC member mills. PPEC’s 2020 Recycled Content Survey of Canadian mills found that the average recycled content of domes- tic Canadian shipments of the three major paper packag- ing grades – containerboard (to make corrugated boxes), boxboard (to make boxboard cartons), and kraft paper (to make paper bags) – is collectively 81.7 percent, up from 73.5 percent in 2018, and up from up from 47 percent back in 1990 when PPEC first began collecting this data. And consumers play a critical role in the paper-based packaging industry’s circular economy through their im- portant act of recycling. The majority of Canadians (94%) have access to recycling programs – and not only do they have access – they actively and regularly recycle their pa- per-based packaging, allowing those recycled fibres to make their way back to the mill to be remade into new paper packaging products again and again. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
important program focused on the principles of circular econo- my, resource efficiency, and waste reduction; principles that PPEC and its members strongly support and apply to their daily operations
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in the production of recyclable paper-based packaging. Paper is a renewable resource and a highly sustainable material that can be recycled and remade into new pa- per-based packaging products. In general, paper can be recycled up to seven times, while corrugated box fibres can be used up to ten times to make new shipping boxes and other paper-based packaging products. Canada recycles almost 70 percent of its paper and cardboard, making it among the top paper recycling coun- tries. And looking at corrugated boxes in particular – which have seen an increase in demand due to the pandemic
Do you need printed sheets? We have your answer.. Introducing Heartland’s ColorCorr. This is “flexo-printing in the round”. On our corrugator we can print up to 109” wide. The advantage is that we can print the equivalent of ½ roll at a time and not be required to keep several rolls of very expensive preprinted paper on the floor. Much less waste and risk. In continual print mode, we use either laser-engraved rubber rolls or solid rubber rolls to print a “flood coat” or a repeating pattern. If we are printing a repeating pattern, we can run a two-color design on the paper. Customers have found that running sheets we print can allow them to run a lighter-grade due to reduced caliper loss, and in some cases eliminate one or more machine passes.
For more information contact: Charlie Freeman | 816-500-8889 | cfreeman@heartlandsheets.com Tim Kramer | 816-841-8317 | color@heartlandsheets.com
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