by John Mullinder | May 19, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Recovery Rates, Recycled Content, Waste Diversion
There is a strong political smell about the Ontario government’s recent exemption of newspaper publishers from certain Blue Box stewardship obligations. Difficult questions about the future of the province’s Blue Box program were bound to arise and to be aired by...
by John Mullinder | Mar 2, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Ontario, Recovery Rates, Recycled Content, Recycling Rates, Waste Diversion
Ontarians need to know the truth about their popular Blue Box system. Yes, it did win a United Nations award (decades ago) and it continues to divert a lot of material (mostly paper of one kind or another) from landfill. We can all pat ourselves on the back for this...
by John Mullinder | Jan 15, 2022 | Canada, Recyclable, Recycled Content
Canada’s Competition Bureau (CB) surprised a lot of people when it fined Keurig Canada $3 million for deceptive marketing practices last week. Surprised because the CB keeps a low profile, preferring to negotiate settlements away from the spotlight (as this...
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 | Jul 29, 2019 | Deforestation, Recycled Content
Most boxes and cartons manufactured in Canada are now 100% recycled content, made completely from old boxes and other used paper material collected from the back of factories, supermarkets, office buildings, or from residential Blue Box programs. Some 13 mills across...
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...