Like residential paper and packaging recycling, Ontario’s tire recycling system operates under a producer responsibility framework, which makes obligated producers responsible for funding and managing the collection and recycling of their products at the end of their useful life. In 2019, Ontario replaced its tire recycling program, previously managed by Ontario Tire Stewardship, with a
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The Ontario government recently proposed amendments to the province’s Blue Box Regulation, triggering swift reactions from stakeholders. As the environmental voice of Canada’s paper packaging industry, the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) believes it’s important to move beyond reactionary narratives and look at the facts. Instead of pointing fingers or pitting stakeholders against
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The Government of Ontario made amendments to the Blue Box Regulation, which came into effect on April 14, 2022. The amendments do not change the original intention of the regulation – to transition the existing Ontario Blue Box model from a shared funding model to a full producer responsibility model – and do not impact
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