Plastics and Alternatives

Following the United States’ publication of the 2025 National Trade Estimates Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, the US has identified Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda– particularly the S...Learn More

RCC’s sustainability team, along with retail members, recently toured EFS Plastics’ state-of-the-art recycling facility in Listowel, Ontario. The visit provided key insights into transfo...Learn More

The push to tackle plastic pollution is moving forward! The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has confirmed that the next round of global negotiations (INC 5.2) will take place August 5�...Learn More

As of March 1, 2025, all plastic beverage containers between 100 ml and 2 L now require a deposit in Quebec. This expansion adds 1.4 billion containers to ...Learn More

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has announced two critical reporting deadlines: Both of these reporting requirements are monumental tasks, necessitating the collection of data not traditi...Learn More

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) did not reach an agreement on a global treaty to address plastic pollution, with key issues s...Learn More

The INC-5 meeting on the global plastics treaty kicked off November 25, 2024 in South Korea. Canada is expecting these meetings to result in a “start and strengthen” framework with phased commit...Learn More

Attention members reporting plastics data: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has released a draft template to help with submissions to the Federal Plastics Registry. This version will be ...Learn More

Single-use accessory requirements: The single-use accessories regulation is consistent with the B.C. Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation (which came into e...Learn More

Attention sustainability leads: Last week, Reuters reported that the U.S. aligned with the High Ambition Coalition, joining Canada, the EU, and South Korea in supporting global caps on plastic produ...Learn More