OTTAWA, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is pleased to welcome three new Partners in Q4 of 2022 who united under the CPP’s shared action plan to build a circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada.

New CPP Partners include a knowledge-based plastics tech startup, a leading university in Canada aiming to accelerate the development of circulation innovations and solutions, and a province-focused non-profit association focused on advancing plastics circularity.

The new Signatory Partner of the CPP is: Axipolymer Inc.

The new Implementation Partners of the CPP are: Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) and the Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA).

“We are pleased to welcome more diverse stakeholders to feed into conversations around building and accelerating a circular plastics packaging economy in Canada,” said Paul Shorthouse, Interim Managing Director at the CPP. “Together, we have the opportunity to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse plastics in order to create a sustainable future in which plastics become a resource for the circular economy.”

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