WHEREAS recycling efforts have long-term social and environmental benefits to our communities, province and nation; AND WHEREAS local government is faced with many financial and structural impediments in trying to implement effective, responsible and efficient recycling programs: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial government to implement a cradle-to-grave recycling policy where the manufacturer of the product is responsible for the ultimate acceptance of the fully utilized good for recycling purposes.
Ministry of Environment It is the provincial governments policy to place the onus for end of life product management on the producer and consumers of a product and not the general taxpayer or local government. The provincial government intends to systematically add new products to the Recycling Regulation.