3 winners of Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges focus on textiles

11 Mar '21

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Canada has a comprehensive plan to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030, including a ban on certain harmful single-use plastics, and supports indigenous innovation through the Innovative Solutions Canada programme. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of environment and climate change, recently announced the four winners of the Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges.

These small and medium Canadian companies will each receive up to $150,000 toward developing their solutions to address plastic waste, according to an official release.

The companies are Montréal-based CACITH Inc. (Tengiva), which is creating a network of recyclers to quantify textile waste and find new markets for otherwise wasted materials; Burlington-based Met-Tech Inc., which is developing a low-cost process to recycle more textile waste like clothing; North York-based Singular Solutions Inc., which is developing a bio-sustainable additive that will cause plastic textile waste to biodegrade in long-term composting landfill facilities; and Markham-based Magemi Mining Inc., which is developing a durable recycled paper to serve as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging like grocery bags.

The Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges are part of the Innovative Solutions Canada programme. The Challenges target plastics sectors that generate some of the greatest quantities of plastic waste and show the greatest opportunity for impact and innovation.

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