2021 Annual Report

“The CPP’s 2021 Annual Report indicates that although we are still at the start of our collective journey to advancing a circular economy for plastics packaging, we made initial progress out of the gate, including developing and launching our Roadmap to 2025,” says Paul Shorthouse, Interim Managing Director at the Canada Plastics Pact. “We are particularly encouraged by the strong engagement and collaboration from our members and stakeholders and will continue to align on the pathways needed for accelerating progress towards our targets.”

Key metrics reported in the 2021 Annual Report

Target 1

Target 1

48% of CPP Signatories do not place any plastics currently defined as problematic on the market, while the remaining 52% have plans to reduce or eliminate at least one problematic item.

Target 1

Target 2

44% of plastic packaging placed on the market by CPP Partners is designated as reusable, recyclable, or compostable.

Target 3

Target 3

12% of plastic packaging is estimated to have been recycled in Canada in 2019; and only 1% of flexible packaging.

Target 4

Target 4

11% was the average amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content (by weight) across plastic packaging produced by CPP Partners.