The Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT), Éco Entreprises Québec and Recycle BC [British Columbia] have launched BiblioFlex, a national initiative focused on flexible plastic packaging in Canada.
The project aims to build a more detailed understanding of these plastics and how they move through the Canadian market.
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Testing under the programme is set to start by the end of 2025, with early findings due in summer 2026.
BiblioFlex will draw on laboratory analysis and characterisation by market segment to examine the composition of flexible plastic packaging.
The work will combine technical testing with information from industry to inform changes in packaging design and to help refine recycling processes.
The initiative will be delivered through two regional hubs, one in Quebec and the other in British Columbia, with specialists from across the country expected to participate.
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By GlobalDataMore detail on the hubs’ structures and technical partners is scheduled for release in early 2026.
CPT’s board of directors co-chair Marie-Anne Champoux-Guimond stated: “We are extremely proud of this initiative, which reflects our mission to foster collaboration and innovation in the management of post-consumer plastics in Canada.
“This project marks an important milestone in our national expansion strategy and will strengthen our collective understanding of a family of packaging that represents roughly half of all plastic packaging generated in the country.
The CPT focuses on advancing a circular economy for post-consumer plastics in Quebec and across Canada, with an emphasis on matching the needs of end markets for recycled resins with the wider recycling chain.
The taskforce is driven by Cascades, the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, Circular Materials, Danone Canada, Éco Entreprises Québec, Keurig Dr Pepper Canada, ProAmpac and Recycle BC.
Éco Entreprises Québec is a private, non-profit organisation that oversees the kerbside recycling system in Quebec and represents businesses that place containers, packaging and printed paper on the provincial market.
Recycle BC is a not-for-profit organisation that manages residential packaging and paper recycling across British Columbia under its extended producer responsibility programme.
Éco Entreprises Québec innovation and infrastructure projects vice-president Normand Gadoury stated: “With the expansion of expanded producer responsibility (EPR) across Canada, collection programs have started accepting a wider range of flexible plastic packaging. Better understanding the specific composition of that stream is therefore more relevant than ever.”
