In Ontario's recent Blue Box overhaul plan, which would make producers pay to recycle the packaging they produce, any product that is labelled compostable is exempt. "So-called compostable plastics ... are being put on the market without any sense of whether they're actually compostable in existing composting systems," said Wirsig. As it stands, very few Ontario municipalities will accept any kind of plastic or packaging labelled as compostable in their green bins. His company produces resins that can be used to create BPI-certified compostable products, such as food storage and drink containers. The first report from the province's compostable packaging producers is due in Oct., 2021.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2021 09:00 UTC