The main focus of the recycling industry includes PET, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP), and the locations of the recycling facilities are predominantly in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, where the plastic waste feedstock is more accessible (ECCC 2019a). [...] The next large sector, construction (26% of the total plastics entered the market), was responsible for only 5% of plastic waste in products discarded in Canada in the same year. [...] All of them agree that the circular economy is an alternative to the linear economy based on the principle of “take-make-use-waste,” or the economy of production and consumption. [...] April 2021 Towards a Circular Economy of Plastic Products in Canada 21 Table 2.1: Some examples of innovations and improvements supporting the circular economy of plastic in Canada Company Name of Type of plastics Description/Summary of innovation technology program/ waste innovation BASF reciChain Rigid and A blockchain technology that enables better sorting of plastic waste, traceability and tra. [...] The challenge with this technology is the presence of contaminants and impurities in the recycled resin, which affects the quality and attributes of the final plastic products.
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