Paper accounted for 36% of all waste diverted from Canadian landfills last year
Published Online: April 25, 2025
Written by: Recycling Product News Staff
"Roughly 3.5 million tonnes of newsprint, cardboard and boxboard, and mixed paper were moved to recycling streams.
Statistics Canada recently released the results of its Waste Management Survey, which includes national waste diversion data for 2023. The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) breaks down the numbers with a focus on paper fibre diversion, discusses the latest plastic figures in the context of recent federal election platforms, and highlights the importance of recycling data. ..."
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