BC Tops EPR Canada Report Card with First Ever 'A'

摘要

Most people might equate monitoring developments in extended producer responsibility (EPR) to watching paint dry, but not so for some government representatives, producers and producer associations, environmentalists and related organizations in Canada who keep a keen eye on EPR developments. None more so than the members of EPR Canada. In the past four years, EPR Canada has published three EPR Report Cards that assess the progress each jurisdiction in Canada is making in adopting EPR policies and programs in compliance with their commitment to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Canada-wide Action Plan on EPR. The measuring stick EPR Canada uses is full EPR, which assigns full responsibility to producers (brand owners, manufacturers and first importers) for their products and packaging at end-of-life, when consumers no longer need or want them (see Transitioning Product Stewardship to Full EPR chart.)