Food Packaging

• Functionality Study on Single-Use Plastic Packaging for Non-Food Consumer Products – Report for ECCC – April 8, 2026 (released June 2026)
• Cost implications of reducing fresh produce plastic packaging – Report for ECCC – March 7, 2025
  • Agri-Food and Agriculture Canada’s report links: English and French
• Quantifying functionality importance of plastic packaging in fresh produce from needs-benefit perspective – Report for Agriculture and Agri-food Canada – April 18, 2024 (released on August 12, 2024)
• Benefitting the Environment and Ecologies by Reducing Plastic Pollution … Plastic packaging hammer policies are not the answer – VCMI’s commentary on ECCC consultation paper – September 7, 2023
• Comparative Analysis of Plastic versus Cardboard Banana Corner Boards – Report for CPMA August 19, 2022
• Unwrapping the Arguments … Solving packaging and food waste through government/industry collaboration – May 18, 2021
  • FULL PAPER
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Less Food Waste, Less Packaging Waste – March 2020
  National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) released the March 2020 report, completed by Value Chain Management International Inc.
  For English, click here
  For French, click here
• Quantifying the Value of Packaging – AMERIPEN – January 2018
• Quantifying Packaging’s Potential to Reduce Food Waste – AMERIPEN – May 2017