Response to ERO 019-0045: The proposed administrative penalties regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act

Response to ERO 019-0045: The proposed administrative penalties regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act
ENGO joint response to regulatory proposals regarding blue box recycling and composting.
Isobel Mason, CELA Communications Intern, blogs about the distraction of alarmist warnings about shrinking landfill capacity in Ontario and the need to switch the focus from where we put garbage towards stopping generating so much of it in the first place.
Joint submission from Toronto Environmental Alliance, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Citizens' Network on Waste Management, Environmental Defence, and Health and Environment Justice Support Response to ERO# 019-2498 Download submission here: ENGO-comment-ERO-019-2498-Food-Organic-Waste-Policy-Statement
Fé de Leon and Olga Speranskaya, from CELA and HEJSupport, give their view of how plastic waste and packaging could be better managed through extended producer responsibility and a toxic-free circular economy.
Fifty-two groups call on Ontario government to take advantage of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fix the Blue Box and eliminate packaging waste - joint statement released today that sets expectations for forthcoming regulation to address Ontario’s packaging, paper, and packaging-like products (PPPP) waste