On February 2-3, 2009 a group of 150 waste management stakeholders convened in Toronto to discuss the future of Ontario's waste management policy, at a two-day Wealth Without Waste forum. The forum was lead by a partnership between the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) and Corporate Policy Group with funding support from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Other partners included the University of Toronto Departments of Economics' Faculty of Law and the Centre for the Environment, Blakes Lawyers, the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA), Nestle Purelife and Solid Waste & Recycling magazine.rnThe timing of the forum appropriately coincided with the review of the Waste Diversion Act (WDA) and the comment period for John Gerretsen's Toward a Zero Waste Future: Review of Ontario's Waste Diversion Act, 2002 Discussion Paper for Public Consultation that ends on April 1, 2009. The forum examined and discussed Gerretsen's WDA proposal to achieve zero waste. Before the forum, extended producer responsibility (EPR) was identified as a key mechanism to achieve this goal. EPR ensures that producers take responsibility for the final disposal of their wastes.
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