The Aurora facility is running. Eco Guardian hot cups and paper bowls are now being produced right here in Ontario, and we’re taking orders.
For anyone who has followed our progress since we announced the facility in early 2025, this is the moment we’ve been building toward. The equipment is installed, the team is trained, and product is moving out the door.
We started with cups and bowls because that’s where our foodservice customers told us they needed Canadian-made product first. Takeout containers, burger boxes, and fry cups follow as we bring more lines online over the coming months.
Why It Matters That These Are Made Here
For two decades, Canadian foodservice operators have relied on imported sustainable packaging — with the lead times, freight costs, and cross-border uncertainty that come with it. Aurora changes that.
Made in Canada means shorter lead times, locally available inventory, and a supply chain that doesn’t depend on what’s happening at the border this month or anywhere else in the world. It means local jobs and the ability to respond quickly when a major QSR or grocery customer needs a run turned around. For operators who care where their packaging comes from — and increasingly, so do their guests — that origin story now starts in Ontario.
From Anil Abrol, President and CEO:
“This new facility will ensure that Canadian businesses have direct access to high quality, eco-friendly, Made in Canada sustainable packaging without the risk of cost increases due to tariffs and supply chain disruptions associated with overseas imports.
Support from the Ontario government through the AMIC program allows Eco Guardian to scale production and strengthen our manufacturing footprint. High quality, sustainable packaging is now being made right here in Ontario for the global market.”
What the Facility Produces
The Aurora plant has been built to run at serious scale. At full capacity it will produce over two billion paper cups and food containers a year — all of it commercially compostable, with PLA linings in place of traditional plastic coatings. Less waste in landfills. Fewer microplastics.
Every cup and bowl from Aurora starts with FSC-certified paper sourced from responsibly managed forests. That certification matters: it means the fibre is traceable from forest to finished product, harvested under standards that protect biodiversity, water, and the rights of Indigenous and local communities. For buyers reporting on Scope 3 emissions and sustainable sourcing commitments, FSC is the chain-of-custody credential their auditors are looking for.
The materials we use:
- FSC-certified paper from responsibly managed North American forests
- Compostable PLA linings in place of traditional plastic coatings
- Bamboo paper for products where that option is specified
The line is built for precision at volume. Every cup that comes off Aurora meets the same spec, run after run — the kind of consistency that matters when you’re supplying a national chain that can’t afford a bad batch.
Come See What We are Brewing!
If you’re a foodservice operator, retailer, or distributor who wants to see our state of the art Canadian manufacturing in action, we’re hosting buyer visits at the Aurora facility through the summer.
Get touch through marketting@ecoguardian.com or call us 905-235-4995 and we’ll set up a tour.
About Eco Guardian
Founded in 2004 with the single idea of replacing plastic bags with a reusable option, Eco Guardian has spent more than twenty years supplying innovative compostable packaging to foodservice, grocery, and retail businesses across Canada. The Aurora facility is the next stage in that work — bringing production home and giving Canadian businesses a domestic option without compromising on sustainability or quality.