Provinces Take Sustainability Compliance Action Against Non-Compliant Retailers
July 9, 2024Attention legal and sustainability professionals. On June 28, 2024 the Ontario Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) levied a $340,457 penalty against a retailer for failing to establish and operate a recycling collection system (or not joining a collective Producer Responsibility Organization) to manage their blue box (packaging and paper product) waste. Similarly, British Columbia fined Waves Coffee Inc. $30,891 for non-compliance with the province’s Recycling Regulation requirements to manage packaging and paper product waste.
