Extended Producer Responsibility

• Halifax regional council looks to package producers to cover waste disposal fees

  Halifax regional council will again look at a report that would make package producers foot the bill of waste removal and recycling

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2019
  
• 2,000 tonnes of plastic containers headed to the dump in August: City of Calgary

  An estimated 2,000 tonnes of plastic containers currently sitting in storage will be sent to a landfill next month.

  Consumer

  Aug 20, 2019
  
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• Canada’s recycling industry is on life-support. Here’s how to fix it

  B.C. is the only place in Canada where producers pay for and run the recycling system, and the success is evident. But is it enough — or is it also time for governments to step in?

  Canada

  May 1, 2019
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• The world is facing a massive pile-up of plastic trash

  Plastic waste is piling up around the globe after China stopped accepting nearly half of the world's shipments of recyclables.

  Environment

  Jun 21, 2018
• Why China has Canada spooked about the world’s plastic waste crisis

  The world is facing a plastic waste crunch, and Canada is trying to lead the way out in hopes of saving the environment, the economy and the blue bin in everyone’s homes.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2018
• Halifax councillors discuss asking Nova Scotia to consider a plastic bag ban

  There has been a greater focus on plastic film because of a forthcoming import ban in China that is already significantly disrupting where recyclable material from Halifax and other North American cities goes.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2017