The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is creating a circular economy in Canada in which plastic waste is kept in the economy and out of the environment. It is a unique multi-stakeholder, industry-led, cross-value chain collaboration platform which aims to tackle plastic packaging waste and pollution by bringing together businesses, government, non-governmental organizations and other key actors in the local plastics value chain. Canada Plastics Pact Partners are united, working together on achieving clear, actionable targets by the year 2025. 

CLEAR ACTIONABLE TARGETS by 2025

Block 1

Define a list of plastic packaging that is to be designated as problematic or unnecessary and take measures to eliminate them

Block 2

100%
plastic packaging designed to be reusable, recyclable or compostable

Block 3

50%
of plastic packaging is effectively recycled or composted

Block 4

30%
recycled content across all plastic packaging

The Canada Plastics Pact joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network, a globally aligned response to plastic waste and pollution, that enables vital knowledge sharing and coordinated action. The Foundation, through its New Plastics Economy initiative, has united more than 1,000 organisations behind a common vision for a circular economy for plastic.

 

Together, we are tackling plastic pollution with plastic solutions.

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  • Circular Economy Leadership Canada releases ‘A Vision for a Circular Economy for Plastics in Canada’

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    Read the report.

  • CCME Canada-Wide Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste Phase One

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    The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) approved in principle the Canada-wide Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste, which aims to reduce plastic waste, support improved reuse and value recovery to reducing the amount of plastic released in our environment.

  • Canada Plastics Pact development and recruitment

    Canada Plastics Pact development and recruitment

    More than 40 businesses and organisations across the plastics packaging value chain united to tackle plastic waste and pollution in Canada.

  • CCME Canada-Wide Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste Phase Two

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    The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) approved in principle the Canada-wide Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste (the Strategy), to reduce plastic waste and pollution and recover the value of plastics through reuse, repair, remanufacture, refurbishment and recycling.

  • Launch of the Canada Plastics Pact

    Launch of the Canada Plastics Pact

    Canada Plastics Pact is a unique multi-stakeholder, industry-led, cross-value chain collaboration platform which aims to tackle plastic packaging waste and pollution by bringing together businesses, government, non-governmental organizations and other key actors in the local plastics value chain who are united, working together on achieving clear, actionable targets by the year 2025.

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    The Canada Plastics Pact Roadmap is a shared action plan that will result in real progress to reduce plastic waste in Canada. Built through unprecedented collaboration between companies, organizations, and governments across the entire plastics value chain, this Roadmap presents a shared vision for a circular economy for plastics packaging and a collaborative action plan to drive tangible change by 2025.

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    Government proposes the development of a comprehensive plan to address plastic pollution in the long term that includes a ban on certain harmful single-use plastics in the short term.

  • UN Resolution to develop a Treaty on Plastic Pollution

    UN Resolution to develop a Treaty on Plastic Pollution

    The United Nations creates the world’s first ever global plastic pollution treaty that will have ripple effects on businesses and economies around the world.

  • CPP Launches the Canadian guidance for the Golden Design Rules for Plastics Packaging

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    The Golden Design Rules for Plastic Packaging provides guidance and global standards for Canadian companies to adjust their packaging design and contribute to a circular economy for plastics packaging.

  • CPP launch of first pilot standup pouch with 20% PCR* content

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  • Release of CPP 2020 baseline data

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    The Baseline Report marks an important starting point for the CPP and its efforts to transition to a more circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada, with an emphasis on collaboration to drive the systems change required.

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