Household Hazardous Waste Management in Manitoba

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Product Stewardship in Canada Multi State
Working Group on Environmental Performance ?
International Dialogue on Ecological
Policy Madison, WI June 19, 2007 Jim
Ferguson Lead, Product Stewardship Programs
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Overview

• Product Stewardship in Canada
• Manitoba Stewardship Program Activities
• New EPR regulatory initiatives
• Four priority areas Tires, Packaging and
  Printed Papers, HHW and Electronics
• Stewardship Lessons Learned / Observations

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Product Stewardship in Canada - Context

• Provinces responsible for waste management
  regulation, policies and programs (13
  jurisdictions)
• Active development since 1990 in Manitoba and
  British Columbia need for funding waste
  reduction programs
• 50 Product Stewardship / Extended Producer
  Responsibility programs
• Dozen separate products and materials voluntary
  and regulated approaches
• Not all true EPR programs due to government
  involvement

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Stewardship / EPR Defined

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
• A producers responsibility for a product is
  extended to the post-consumer stage of a
  products life cycle
• Policy objectives
• Shift financial responsibility for waste products
  and packaging from the general taxpayer to the
  producer and consumer
• Provide incentives to producers to incorporate
  environmental considerations in the design of
  their products and packaging
• Producer
• The most responsible entity including the brand
  owner, manufacturer, distributor, retailer or
  first importer of the product who sells or
  distributes the product in or into a jurisdiction

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National Coordination

• National coordination of environmental policies
  and standards through Canadian Council of
  Ministers of the Environment (CCME)
• Comprised of environment ministers (14 total)
  from federal, provincial and territorial
  governments
• All members sit as peers not led solely by one
  jurisdiction
• Decisions are made on the basis of consensus
• Implementation of results is voluntary

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National Work on Stewardship

• CCME National Task Force on Packaging
• (1990) National Packaging Protocol (NAPP), a
  voluntary agreement with industry to reduce
  packaging waste by 50 by 2000
• Packaging Stewardship Principles - voluntary
  shared responsibility model (not EPR)
• 50 reduction in weight of packaging waste sent
  for disposal achieved by 1996
• National Workshops on EPR (2002)
• Every two years network and exchange ideas with
  stakeholders and international policy makers
  link to OECD
• New Brunswick 2008

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National Efforts Cont

• Canadian Industry Packaging Stewardship
  Initiative (1993-1995)
• Industry led multi-material packaging stewardship
  program
• Required provincial back drop regulation
• Negotiations failed on cost sharing arrangement
  with local governments
• Opened door for dialogue on broad range of EPR
  approaches
• CCME Canada-wide Principles for Electronics
  Product Stewardship (2004)
• CCME National Task Group on Extended Producer
  Responsibility (2005)
• Council of Ministers desire an action plan on EPR
  and consumer packaging
• Canada-wide Principles for Extended Producer
  Responsibility (2007)

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Stewardship in Canada

• 2 cent levy no deposit ? Program in place ?
  Flammables and Pesticides ? Draft regulatory
  requirements
• ? Environment tax 10 cents/container

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Current Manitoba Stewardship Programs

• Dedicated Resources (2006) 14 million
• Manitoba Product Stewardship Corp (1995)
• Regulated multi-stakeholder board and producer
  levy
• Revenue 8.0 million (2 levy on beverage
  containers)
• 80 funding of municipal recycling systems
• Expenditures 8.7 million
• 70 recovery of residential recyclables (60kgs /
  capita)
• Tire Stewardship Board (1995)
• Regulated multi-stakeholder board and retail levy
• Revenue 2.3 million (2.80 levy on highway
  tires)
• Expenditures 2.7 million
• No stock piles / no landfilling (11 recycling
  rate)
• Used Oil Stewardship - MARCC (1997)
• Industry operated board / sets levies
• Revenue 3.3 million (10 levy per L of oil)
• Expenditures 3.3 million
• 80 recovery of oil (71 collection centres)

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IPI - Winnipeg MRF

• Recycling Support Payments 4.4 million
• Single Stream Blue Box, Apartment Recycling and
  Depot System (IPI Recycling)
• 42,000 T recycled annually (66 kgs / capita)

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Why is Change Needed?

• Oil stewardship model (1997) positive results
• EPR established as formal government policy in
  2005 Green and Growing Strategy
• Need to assign responsibility more clearly to
  product stewards
• Reduce government involvement eliminate board
  participation, appointments, levy setting
• Correct financial sustainability of current
  programs
• Establish a level playing field for all stewards
• consistent approach for tires, oil, packaging,
  printed papers, HHW and e-waste

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Industry Working Groups Established

• Industry Stewardship Consultation Workshop
• October 25, 2006 in Winnipeg
• Four Discussion Documents developed
• Workshop Consultation Summary Report (January
  2006)
• Industry Working Groups
• Packaging Printed Papers
• Tires
• Pharmaceuticals and Sharps
• Paint and HHW
• Batteries
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

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New Stewardship Regulations

• Four new Stewardship Regulations Drafted under
  Waste Reduction and Prevention Act
• Tire Stewardship Regulation, 2006
• Enacted November 2006
• Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship
• 28 day public consultation (concluded Feb 26,
  2007)
• Hazardous Household Material Stewardship
• Working Group comments received (finalize for
  June 07)
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Stewardship
• Working Group comments received (finalize for
  June 07)

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EPR Regulatory Model

• Oil Stewardship Model (MARRC)
• no designated boards (TSB/MPSC phased out)
• no regulated levies
• assign responsibility designate materials
• flexibility for stewards to match revenue and
  expenditures
• Industry Funding Organization (IFOs) to be
  established develop province-wide plans
• IFO develops/consults on program proposal
• Product levies may be shown separately or may be
  part of product price

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EPR Regulatory Model

• Business Plans must include provision for
• Province wide-system without fees at point of
  collection
• A system for payment of expenditures and
  collection of revenues
• Point of sale information program
• Performance measures and targets
• Administrative / management structure (IFO)
• Payment of government costs associated with
  regulation
• Minister may set guidelines for Business Plans
  and program performance measurement / targets
• Approval Terms set by Minister in letter of
  approval
• Specific requirements for Annual Reports

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Steward Definitions

• Industry Steward(s)
• Defined as - first person who supplies a
  designated product in Manitoba or a uses a
  designated product obtained outside of Manitoba
  for business purposes
• Prohibition
• Stewards must operate or participate in a
  stewardship program to sell product in Manitoba

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EPR Regulatory Model Designated Materials

• Product definitions include broad range of
  products
• All packaging and printed papers (blue box
  material)
• pre-packaged goods and service packaging
• newspapers, magazines, directories, promotional
  materials
• All vehicle tires (highway and off road)
• All paint and HHW (CSA HHW Standard)
• pesticides, flammables, corrosives, antifreeze,
  CFLs, lead acid batteries, sharps,
  pharmaceuticals, etc
• Electronics (Phase 1) computers, monitors,
  printers, rechargeable batteries and televisions

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Next for EPR in MB

• Public Consultations on Regulations
• HHW and E-waste (July 2007)
• Enact Regulations
• Packaging Printed Paper (September 2007)
• HHW / E-waste (November 2007)
• Industry Consultation on Draft Business Plan
• Tires (June 2007)
• Packaging Printed Paper (October 2007)
• HHW / E-waste (March / April 2008)
• When completed most comprehensive EPR program in
  Canada

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Lessons Learned

• Multi-stakeholder process
• industry dialogue important
• stakeholder buy-in and common language needed
• Level playing field
• industry leaders need regulatory support
• Harmonization
• multiple regulatory requirements inefficient and
  unfair
• provide flexibility and opportunity for
  harmonized approach allow industry to design
  and operate programs
• Regional differences are real
• accommodate economic, infrastructure, market
  differences
• allow for similar program management structures
• Industry operated programs will work
• government involvement not needed

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Observations

• What can be done in Europe can be done in Canada
  / US same corporations
• European programs have done the leg work adopt
  and adapt similar strategies and goals
• National harmonization is needed to impact
  product design and packaging decisions
• Policies and regulations need to consider
  environmental protection, global markets, social
  change, health and safety
• Positive change is occurring but not in a time
  frame to everyone's liking (1990 2007)
• Interim measures can last a decade or more
• Industry is a partner and part of the solution
  15 years of dialogue / some are still new to the
  discussion
• Industry in Canada is proactive and accepting the
  challenge
• willingness to participate not command and
  control

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