Over the last few years, there has been significant movement on extended producer responsibility (EPR) across the country including regulations and programs for the collection and management of packag...Learn More

Last fall, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) held a Symposium and Policy Dialogue on Reuse with a range of stakeholders including representatives from municipal and provincial governments, ...Learn More

On November 30, 2022, the European Union released its proposal to revise legislation on packaging and packaging waste. The goal is to help harmonize action across member states while supporting the sh...Learn More

On June 22, 2022, the Government of Canada published the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations. The Regulations prohibit the manufacture, import, and sale of six categories of single-use plastic...Learn More

Led by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, a Canadian delegation will be heading to Egypt from November 6-18, 2022 to participate in the UN Climate Change Con...Learn More

Between November 28-December 2, Canadian officials will be in Uruguay to participate in global negotiations on a legally binding plastic pollution treaty. The negotiations will be led by the United Na...Learn More

On October 3, 2022, the Government of Alberta released its Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation requiring producers to take on operational and financial responsibility for the management (colle...Learn More

Starting July 1, 2023, 1/3 of Ontario's municipalities will be transitioning to the new blue box program each year. As such, there will be multiple entities involved in reporting/invoicing producers d...Learn More

Overview Further to the federal government’s commitment to achieving the Canada-wide Action Plan on Zero Plastic Waste, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) has developed A Ro...Learn More

Part 1 of RCC’s Series on Recycled Content Recycled content regulations have emerged as an economic instrument to help drive demand for post-consumer resin (PCR), advance markets for recycled pl...Learn More