PPEC Celebrates (CONT’D FROM PAGE 22)
And while most paper-based packaging made in Can- ada is made with recycled content, the paper fibres it was originally made from came from a tree. That’s why resource protection and sustainable forest management is critical to the operations of PPEC members and the Canadian paper-based packaging industry. All PPEC-member mills have independent, third-party certification that verifies that their paper fibre sources – recycled fibre, wood chips, and sawmill residues – are responsibly sourced. And while less than half of one per cent of Canadian commercial for- ests are harvested for paper-based packaging, every hect- are that is harvested must be successfully regenerated; in 2018, at least 427 million seedlings were planted across Canada. When you add it up, the Canadian paper-based packaging industry hardly uses any freshly cut trees to make paper packaging, and the little that is harvested, 0.2 percent in 2018, is successfully regenerated. When we use paper-based packaging, we all play a part in the circular economy of the paper-based packag- ing industry. Learn more the environmental sustainability of paper-based packaging by visiting PPEC’s website and follow us on social media on Twitter and LinkedIn. And to learn more about Waste Reduction Week visit https://wr- wcanada.com/en . Rachel Kagan is Executive Director of the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council.
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