Kruger Products joins Canada Plastics Pact

Tissue manufacturer Kruger Products has joined a commitment to creating a circular economy for plastics. The Mississauga, Ontario-based company has signed onto the Canada Plastics Pact on the heels of issuing its 10-year sustainability strategy, Reimagine 2030, which is focused on halving the virgin plastic in its packaging by 2030. 

"Packaging and plastic waste has become one of the most pressing issues of our time, and as a Canadian leader, we have a duty to be part of the solution," said Dino Bianco, CEO of Kruger Products. "We have been exploring various options to reduce our use of plastics and source alternative materials but working with the CPP will enable us to work together to realize tangible solutions even faster."

Kruger said its products’ packaging currently uses 89% fiber-based materials, including its paperboard facial tissue boxes and coreboard for bathroom tissue and paper towels. The company also said developing a new system to manage plastics is a larger goal than one company can address, requiring collaboration between businesses, governments and other stakeholders. 

“We are pleased to welcome Kruger Products, Canada's largest tissue manufacturers, as a Partner of the Canada Plastics Pact," says George Roter, managing director of the Canada Plastics Pact. "By joining the CPP, Kruger Products is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to a circular economy for plastics, in which plastics stay in the economy and out of the environment. The CPP will benefit from Kruger Products' perspective on the plastics value chain, and its expertise in sustainability."