The five largest grocery chains in Canada will require their suppliers to shift to PET for thermoformed clamshell packaging, reports Waste & Recycling News. The move – aimed at increasing recycling and simplifying the product stream – is being championed by The Retail Council of Canadian Grocers. Grocery store chains involved in the project include Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Loblaws Inc., Safeway Canada, Metro and Sobeys.
At OPG we have been moving our production to PET over the last three years. We are ready to go!
OPS was recyclable however, it had to be broken down. Here in the west very few recyclers would handle it, in fact the last who would went bankrupt. The reason why we didn’t jump in from the beginning is that OPS is far more rigid and therefore takes less material to make a package. PET (which is pop bottle material) is definitely the best choice given the lack of OPS recycling.