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Environment & Plastics Industry Council
Contact1: Gabriel Mederos, Communications Coordinator
Phone (Bus): (905) 678-7748, Ext. 238
(Fax) (905) 678-0774
E-mail: gmederos@cpia.ca
Contact2: Melanie Franner, Communications Consultant
Phone (Bus): (905)678-7405 Ext 223
(Fax): (905)678-0774E-mail: mfranner@cpia.ca
Address: 712 - 5915 Airport Rd., Mississauga, ON L4T 1T1
Web Site: www.plastics.ca/epic
EPIC is a council of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association.
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Keys: 5Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover Energy, Retain in Landfill); Chemicals; Consumer Products; Contamination; Educational Web Site; Energy; Energy Efficiency; Environment; Environment/Products; Environmental Education; Environmentalism; Free Teaching Resource; Incineration; Landfill; Municipal Solid Waste; Packaging; Plastic Packaging; Plastic Pallet; Plastic Railway Ties; Plastic Recycling; Plastic; Plastics; Polyvinyl Chloride; PVC; Recycled Plastic Lumber (RPL); Recycling; School Curriculum; Science; Stewardship; Waste Legislation; Waste Management; Ontario*.
Expertise: EPIC is an industry initiative committed to the the responsible use and recovery of plastics resources.
Mandate: EPIC promotes an integrated approach to waste management and offers technical expertise toward the development of innovative waste solutions that are economically and environmentally sustainable.
Features:
· The Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC) has an information-rich web site for the media and public (www.plastics.ca/epic), as well as a dedicated Teachers' Resource Area.
· The Teachers' Resource Site (www.plastics.ca/teachers) provides access to free newsletters, course curricula, on-line anti-litter games, hands-on science experiments, and links.
· The Adventure Game Site (www.plastics.ca/peanut) invites students to accompany Peanut the elephant in a five-city tour as he travels the globe to help his friend Poly, and find clues to answer the question "What do elephants have to do with plastics?"
· Science lab for grades 4, 5, 6.
· Facts sheets, newsletters, scientific reports and technical information on plastics and the environment.
· The EPIC web site contains access to an Integrated Waste Management Computer Model, fact sheets, newsletters, scientific reports and technical information on plastics and the environment (degradable plastics, energy recovery, integrated waste management, etc.). It also offers a special section on end-of-life management of plastics, and offers free online databases on recycled plastics and recycled plastic products.
Story Ideas:
EPIC News & Views for March 2006: IWM model used in environmental assessment for City of Hamilton and Niagara Region; Electrostatic separation of mixed plastic resins; Study into compostable plastic bags and recycling; New plastics recycling show; Date set for 2006 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
2005
December 2005: New consumer plastic bag site launched; New At-Store Collection Guide for plastic bags; New resource on anti-litter site; Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC) 2005 a big success; EPIC develops brief on energy recovery; Canadian agency to certify compostable plastic bags; Plastics contribute to sustainable building and construction
October 2005: Increased interest in plastic bag recycling; New initiatives in hay bale recycling; Plastics industry develops position statement on degradable plastics; Revamped web site on plastics, environment and health; Energy Conservation Guide for Processors to be updated
August 2005: Metro Waste uses plastics automated optical sorting; Moving to all plastic bottle collection; Best Practices Guide available for agricultural film; Best Practices Guide available for recovery of vinyl siding; New composite lumber company in Eastern Canada; Youth Science Foundation awardsJuly 2005: Re-visiting automated sorting technologies
June 2005: Revised Report on Automated Sorting Now Available; Plastic Stretch-wrap in Big Demand; The Truth About Plastic Bags; Join the Fight Against Litter; Seminar on Municipal Solid Waste Highlights Energy Recovery
2004
EPIC web site gets revamped
Students design 2005 anti-litter calendar
Winners announced in plastics design challenge contest
Dedicated web site for plastic film
Free debate curriculum for high-school teachers
Poster contest to promote anti-littering
New report on municipal all-bottle plastic collection program
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updated: July 21, 2006