The Problem

Packaging from industrial, commercial, and institutional sources represents 52% of plastic packaging waste generated in Canada. Studies from Europe estimate that approximately 80% of the plastic waste from on-site construction activities is clean packaging and can be easily diverted from landfills. The remainder comes from excess product, offcuts and wastage of plastic building products, including some hard-to-manage plastics.

Creating a circular model

The Construction Plastics Initiative takes a different approach viewing plastics as a resource that can be preserved and repurposed. The project diverted more than 38,000kg of plastics from eight construction sites across the Lower Mainland, sorted, tracked the materials by resin type.

A portion of the material was then processed and reused in the manufacturing of an innovative, high-value building product -- InfinaNetTM -- a proprietary solution used to displace concrete in concrete slab floors in multi-unit residential buildings.

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Resources

Want to learn more about the impact of plastics in the construction sector? Check out some of these resources.

Partners and Supporters

Light House gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia’s CleanBC Plastics Action Fund administered by Alacrity Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada in the execution of this project.