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Canada Plastics Pact
The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is a collaborative platform aimed at creating a circular economy for plastics in Canada by reducing plastic waste and pollution. It unites businesses, governments, NGOs, and academia to innovate and take collective action towards shared targets for 2025.
Overview
What Canada Plastics Pact does
What Canada Plastics Pact is
The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is a collaborative platform aimed at creating a circular economy for plastics in Canada by reducing plastic waste and pollution. It unites businesses, governments, NGOs, and academia to innovate and take collective action towards shared targets for 2025.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2021
- Approximate age
- About 5 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 25, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Canada Plastics Pact as a community
Community overview
The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is an organization composed of various stakeholders from across Canada's plastics value chain, including businesses, governments, and non-profits. It was established to address the growing plastic waste crisis and to promote a circular economy for plastics. The CPP aims to eliminate plastic waste and pollution through innovation, collaboration, and collective action.
Community focus
The Canada Plastics Pact focuses on advancing a circular economy for plastics by fostering collaboration among stakeholders. Its initiatives include developing and scaling solutions to keep plastics in the economy and out of nature. The organization emphasizes the importance of systemic change across the plastics value chain, supporting universal plastic packaging design, and accelerating circular plastic packaging solutions.
Member value
Members of the Canada Plastics Pact benefit from collaboration with various stakeholders, access to shared resources, and participation in initiatives aimed at reducing plastic waste and promoting sustainable practices within the plastics value chain.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Builders · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Sectors
- Climate & Sustainability
- Regions
- North America
Community activity
Notable members
Notable partners include Conestoga College, Copol International Ltd, Pet Food Association of Canada, and Realizse. Board Member Catherine O’Brien is also recognized within the organization.
Common questions
What to know about Canada Plastics Pact
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 25, 2026
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