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Responsible Plastic Use Coalition (CNW Group/Responsible Plastic Use Coalition)
One week after the federal government listed plastic manufactured items as “toxic” under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), a group Canadian plastics firms have formed a coalition to launch a court challenge against the move.
The Responsible Plastic Use Coalition (RPUC) – currently made up of 27 companies, including Dow Inc., Berry Global Group, Nova Chemicals Corp., Emmerson Packaging, HymoPack, Malpack Ltd., Polykar, IPL Plastics Inc., Ingenia Polymers, and Polytarp Products – said it filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court of Canada challenging the government’s May 12 order.
“[The toxic designation] is not supported by available science and will have far reaching and unintended consequences, including those beyond our borders,” the group said in a May 19 statement. “The federal government’s approach does not recognize that most plastic manufactured items a