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APRA Board Members Among Those Recognized at CPIA Leadership Awards
APRA board members Joe Hruska and Dave Schwass were recognized as CanPlast Award winners for contributing their time, energy and expertise to improving the competitive and environmental performance of the Canadian plastics industry. Tammy Schwass, executive director...
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Recycle BC responds to CBC Marketplace story on challenges related to plastics recycling
October, 2019 Newsflash message forwarded from Recycle BC Over the weekend, CBC’s Marketplace aired a story exposing challenges related to plastics recycling in British Columbia. As part of the story, Marketplace executed one-time, business-to-business transactions...
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APRA Welcomes New Members
PolyAg PolyAg recycles single-use agricultural plastics into plastic pellets for the plastics market. Initially, PolyAg will focus on recycling low density polyethylene (LDPE) grain bags. Custom grinding/flaking/pelletizing of other plastics...
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RCA Sea Change Conference
The RCA's Sea Change Conference is taking place at Jasper Park Lodge October 2-4, 2019. For more information and to register visit: https://conference.recycle.ab.ca/
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APRA Members Act to Keep Plastics out of the Environment
In April 2019 the Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA) Board of Directors set a guideline for its members to sign and adopt OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP ® (OCS) by 2022. OCS is a free program that provides information and a best-practice guide for pellet and flake...
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Recycled Plastic Benches Part of Canada Winter Games Sustainability Legacy
The Gary W. Harris Celebration Plaza in downtown Red Deer will feature benches made by Alberta-based Full Circle Plastics with funding from the Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA) and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA). The company uses 100%...
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APRA Member is keeping plastic car bumpers out of the landfill
A local Calgary business and member of the Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA) has been offering plastics recycling to customers across the City for decades. Now, Friendly Earth Environmental is working with autobody shops across the province to recycle...
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Resource Recovery Partnership Webinar
How Does Advanced Resource Recovery Fit into a Sustainable Economy? Slides from the December webinar are available here: http://resourcerecoverypartnership.ca/events/upcoming-events/
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China’s announcement on recovered plastics and paper
An announcement was made recently by the Government of China that it intends to block some grades of recovered paper and plastic materials as scrap resources by the end of 2017. This ban stems from China’s previous policies, the Green Fence of 2013 and the National...
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APRA’s Executive Director Receives RCA’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award
Grant Cameron may be retiring as APRA's Executive Director, though he's gathering many accolades on route. At the Recycling Council of Alberta’s annual conference in Jasper, AB, September 28-30, Grant was awarded with the RCA's Rs of Excellence Lifetime Achievement...
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