Systematization of the food grade process for recycled resins
Goal
To develop a roadmap for systematizing the process of obtaining food grade status for recycled resins, while maintaining the high-quality standards required.
Background
Phase I of the CPT identified the obstacles of integrating post-consumer recycled resins into food packaging. Control of the source of incoming material and the safety of the final packaging are the two critical parameters to be mastered to obtain a Letter of No Objection from Health Canada, particularly when it comes to sources from selective collection. To date, there is no formal roadmap to systematize this approach: it would therefore seem desirable to implement a methodology aimed at facilitating the process for industry players.
Four activities are included in this mandate:
- Identify current authorization mechanisms in the U.S. and Europe, as well as success factors for systematizing the process
- For each resin, or group of resins, determine the value chains for recovery and conditioning that can meet input and output control criteria.
- Survey recyclers on the information provided and requested by Health Canada in past requests
- Develop a roadmap to systematize the approach and establish standards and new public policies.
Project manager
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The project is being carried out by CPT, with the support of expert consultants in this field: Mario Grenier (PS), Michel Gosselin (PET, PP), Alexei Kazakov (PE, PP).
Partner
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