by John Mullinder | Aug 12, 2019 | Canada
The plastic industry has made no secret of the fact that it would like to burn over a million tonnes of currently “non-recycled” plastics in Ontario alone. In strategic terms, this would remove a major solid waste problem (some 73% of residential plastic packaging in...
by John Mullinder | Aug 9, 2019 | Canada, Consumer Paper, Paper, Recycled Content
One of the interesting similarities between the life cycle of paper and that of the human species is that as we get older we become progressively weaker and wear out. Sorry for being the “bad news” guy today! But at some point, we need to be replaced by a fresh...
by John Mullinder | Aug 5, 2019 | Canada
To most of us, “cardboard” generally means a brown box that’s used to deliver stuff to our homes or workplaces. This word image is reinforced by recycling bins parked at strip malls with the word “cardboard” painted in big letters on the side, and by municipalities...
by John Mullinder | Mar 7, 2019 | Canada, Consumer waste, Recycled Content
Some environmental campaigns (not all) typically demonise their target using exaggeration, hyperbole, and just plain false information. Like Trump with Mexicans, Muslims, and good white supremacists. And the more gullible media usually play sucker and tag along. This...
by Kristina Urquhart | Mar 4, 2019 | Canada, Deforestation, Fake News
As the executive director of the Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council for the past 28 years, John Mullinder has heard his share of (mis)information about forestry and paper practices in Canada – namely, that the clear cutting used in the industry is...
by John Mullinder | Feb 11, 2019 | Canada, Paper Week 2019
Apologies to the thousands of people lined up around the block in the bitter cold to buy my book at Paper Week in Montreal on Thursday! I got iced out. I was booked on an 8.00 am flight from Toronto Pearson that was then cancelled because of excessive ice on the...
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