—  Data shows that Canadian households and businesses diverted 9,840,488 tonnes of waste, and of the total amount diverted, 3,516,380 tonnes were paper fibres, which includes newsprint, cardboard and boxboard, and mixed paper. Paper fibres made up the largest share of diverted materials, accounting for 36% of all waste diverted from Canadian landfills. Less than 4% was plastic. The average recycled content of Canada’s three major packaging grades – containerboard (used to make corrugated boxes), boxboard (used to make boxboard cartons), and kraft paper (used to make paper bags) – was 80.2%, up from 73.5% in 2018. The average has steadily increased from 47% in 1990. 96% of all Canadians now have access to the convenient recycling of corrugated boxes, paperboard or boxboard cartons, and kraft paper bags.