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A New Standard Helps Bring Clarity, Accuracy, and Transparency to Pastics Recycling

December 15, 2025

With no standardized definition for plastics recycling, it is difficult to accurately measure, report, verify, and compare recycling outcomes and compliance with the set targets and policies.

The new National Standard of Canada, CSA R117:24, Plastics recycling: Definitions, measuring, and reporting, developed with support from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), aims to help overcome this barrier by providing a consistent framework for plastics recycling and supporting the transition to circularity in Canada.

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In the ever-evolving global threat landscape, Canada must take action to strengthen its domestic capabilities to defend our interests, secure our sovereignty and shape our future. As we continue to rebuild, rearm and reinvest in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), we are taking bold actions to strengthen Canada’s defence industry, and build the foundations to foster a more resilient and enduring defence industrial base to better meet the needs of the CAF.

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