PAC NEXT

A World Without Packaging Waste

PAC has created PAC NEXT to proactively help the industry transition towards a world without packaging waste.

What is the purpose of PAC NEXT?

VISION: A world without packaging waste
MISSION: To unite leading organizations across the packaging value chain to collaboratively explore, evaluate and mobilize innovative packaging end-of-life solutions
SOLUTIONS: Economical recovery that leads to improved Reduction, Recycling, Reuse, Up-Cycling, Composting, Energy-from-Waste and other Emerging Solutions
OBJECTIVE: To facilitate the convergence of ideas and identify sustainable solutions that lead to zero packaging waste

Check out our PAC NEXT member list.

What is the value for my company?

• Cost avoidance. EPR costs approximately $1b per year. Brand owners and retailers are paying significant EPR packaging recovery fees through various blue box programs. PAC NEXT will facilitate the optimization of the recovery process and therefore mitigate cost.
• Join an elite club. Our founding members provide an exceptional opportunity to network with some of North America’s biggest retailers and brand owners.
• A great customer relationship strategy. If you are a supplier to a retailer or brand owner then they need your proactive support.
• Packaging waste diversion. Packaging is a contributor to landfill. The PAC NEXT aspirational goal is “A World Without Packaging Waste”. Discarded packaging is a resource. It’s “AS GOOD AS GOLD”.
• Support your industry. Be responsible! If you are part of this industry you are benefiting from it. Give something back.
• A great learning opportunity. By participating on a technical committee you will be making a contribution while learning from subject matter experts.

PAC NEXT PROJECTS - Sign up for a technical committee

How will PAC NEXT mobilize participating members and partners?

PAC NEXT is a centre of excellence for a world without packaging waste. PAC NEXT will focus on optimizing, mobilizing and mitigating risk of end-of-life solutions for packaging design, recovery (collection and processing) and end markets through:

Multi-Stakeholder Workshops See here for projects.
Industry Pilots (i.e. mobilizing solutions from multi-stakeholder workshops)
Universal Process Mapping (i.e. for designing packaging end-of-life solutions)
Education and Guidance Documents (i.e. via supporting research, case studies etc.)
Technical Resource for New Innovation (i.e. that facilitates discussion and feedback on new products/processes)

Who are the founding members of PAC NEXT?

Retailers
• Loblaw Brands Ltd.
• McDonalds Restaurants of Canada Limited
• Safeway
• Sobeys Inc.
• TDL - Tim Hortons
• Walmart Canada

Consumer Packaged Goods
• General Mills Canada Corp.
• Ice River Springs Water
• Kraft Canada Inc.
• MolsonCoors Brewing Company
• McCain Foods (Canada)
• Nestle Canada Inc.
• Procter and Gamble Inc.
• PepsiCo Foods Canada
• TerraCycle
• Ultima Foods Inc.
• Unilever Canada

Package Manufacturers
• Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
• Bemis Co. Inc.
• Hood Packaging
• Jones Packaging
• Norampac
• OI
• Tetra Pak

Raw Materials
• The Dow Chemical Company
• E.I. DuPont Canada Company

Ancillary Services
• Schawk Canada

Sustainable Material Management
• Cascades Recovery Inc.
• Covanta Energy Corporation

Government
• Region of Peel

NGO
• Product Stewardship Institute

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