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PetroChem Canada West Conference
Alberta is Canada’s largest refining and petrochemical cluster. With the province's abundant feedstock and transportations systems, this sector is poised to continue growing. New and existing operators are taking advantage of Alberta’s energy resources and new...
Canada and global efforts to end plastic pollution at INC-1
The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, was held from November 28 to December 2, 2022 in Punta del Este,...
EPR Virtual Information Session – January 19, 2023
Dear valued stakeholder, Alberta’s enabling regulatory framework for establishing extended producer responsibility (EPR) came into force on November 30, 2022 and can now be found on Alberta King’s Printer, Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation (AR 194/2022). ...
Closed Loop – The Future for Agriculture Films Recycling
In early 2022, Berry Global began a collaboration with Cleanfarms and PolyAg Recycling in Canada to close the loop in the recovery of used agricultural films and grain bag material in order to create new products with recycled content. The origins of this pioneering...
Studying Post-Consumer Plastic in Cold Climate Asphalt…
Inter Pipeline is committed to making polymers as sustainably as possible. It believes in keeping plastic waste out of the environment by using that waste in practical solutions that are applicable in everyday life. At the recent Plastics Research in Action (PRIA)...
Canada Plastics Pact welcomes three new partners with diverse expertise…
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...
Registration for ACPD 2023 is now OPEN!
Registration for ACPD 2023 is now open! The Alberta Plastics Recycling Association, in partnership with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, is proud to present the inaugural Alberta Circular Plastics Day! WHEN: MARCH 15th, 2023 (8am-4pm with a networking...
Join us at APRA’s Networking Event January 24
Register today for our New Year Networking Social. There is no cost! The event will take place at the Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC) in Calgary at 3:30 pm on January 24. Join us for a networking event to meet the new APRA Board of Directors...
APRA becomes Canada Plastics Pact Implementation Partner
CALGARY, AB (December 7, 2022) – The Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA) is pleased to announce its engagement with the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) as an implementation partner. As a national leader, the CPP is convening groups across the plastics value chain...
United Nations Meets on Plastic Pollution
At the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in February 2022 a resolution was adopted to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution with the ambition to complete the negotiations by the end of 2024. The first session of the...
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