Whereas carboard is cardboard; And whereas all cardboard in the Province of BC should be treated equally; Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province of BC immediately incorporate all cardboard into the existing Extended Producer Responsibility Program operated by Recycle BC.
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy The Province acknowledges that the proper management of packaging and paper products, including cardboard, from the industrial, commercial and institutional sector is a challenge for some local governments and is working to explore new regulatory or policy approaches to manage these materials. Currently, only residential packaging and paper products is regulated and therefore managed by Recycle BC. It should be noted that the Province only regulates products to be covered by an approved extended producer responsibility plan it is up to individual producers if they choose an existing plan or develop their own plan to meet this requirement. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy issued a Recycling Regulation Policy Intentions Paper in September 2020 that sought feedback on a number of items that were potential products to be captured under Extended Producer Responsibility, including PPP from the ICI sector. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy received substantive feedback from key partners and stakeholders, which is summarized in theRecycling Regulation Policy Intentions Paper - Summary of Feedback gov.bc.ca and was made publicly available in June 2021. This will inform the subsequent development of a multi-year plan for Extended Producer Responsibility in BC. As a first step, we saw there was broad support for collecting data to better understand current gaps in diversion and practices in managing PPP from the ICI sector and ENV is already beginning to perform the necessary research in this area. Links Recycling Regulation Policy Intentions Paper: https:www2.gov.bc.caassetsgovenvironmentwaste-managementorganic-wastere… Recycling Regulations Policy Intentions Paper - Summary of Feedback: https:www2.gov.bc.caassetsgovenvironmentwaste-managementorganic-wastere…