According to Carol Hochu, president and CEO of the CPIA, the study demonstrates the need for improved plastics recycling and better recoverability of energy value from non-recycled plastics. The study found that there are approximately 2.8 million tons of non-recycled plastics dumped into landfills, with Ontario alone accounting for more than one million tonnes, followed by Quebec, with 640,000 tons, and British Columbia and Alberta, with more than 390,000 and 320,000 tons respectively. The total amount of non-recycled plastics in landfills contains over 87 million gigajoules of energy, which equals the energy produced by 3.4 million tons of coal, 14 million barrels of oil or 79 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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The study found that there are approximately 2.8 million tons of non-recycled plastics dumped into landfills, with Ontario alone accounting for more than one million tonnes,