MHSW Program Plan Amending Phase 1

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MHSW Program Plan Amending Phase 1 Phase 2
Program Plan Development Process
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• Workshop/Webcast
• October 28, 2008

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Welcome
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• In person 60
• Webcast audience 145
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Todays Agenda (1)
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• Background
• Program Plan Letter
• Consultation process
• Phase 1 MHSW
• summary of Phase 1 MHSW Program Plan possible
  amendments
• transition issues

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Todays Agenda (2)
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• Overview of Program Plan process
• Phase 2
• obligated materials
• obligated stewards
• baseline data
• management options
• Collection Options
• Incentive Options
• Questions Answers
• Next Steps

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Background
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• Stewardship Ontario
• The Waste Diversion Act
• Waste Diversion Ontario
• What we hope to achieve today

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Stewardship Ontario
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• Stewardship Ontario is the Industry Funding
  Organization for MHSW program Blue Box program
• Governed by a Board of Directors made up of
  stewards from both Blue Box and MHSW
• Builds plans in cooperation with stakeholders,
  manages operations for MHSW/BB and reports to
  Waste Diversion Ontario

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Waste Diversion Act
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• WDA Purpose (Section 1)
• The purpose of this Act is to promote the
  reduction, reuse and recycling of waste and to
  provide for the development, implementation and
  operation of waste diversion programs.

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Waste Diversion Ontario
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• Waste Diversion Ontario is responsible for
• developing, implementing operating waste
  diversion programs
• monitoring effectiveness efficiency of programs
• Waste diversion plan to be developed
  co-operatively with industry funding organization
  (IFO)
• Stewardship Ontario is the IFO for Blue Box
  MHSW

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What We Want To Achieve Today
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• Provide an overall understanding of the program
  plan process
• Share basic assumptions about
• definitions, baseline data, management options
• obligated stewards
• Get your feedback on
• our assumptions to date
• where we can get more information to fill in the
  gaps on data
• collection experiences in Canada around the
  world
• retail take back
• residential collection
• ICI
• full producer responsibility and other
  considerations

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MHSW Program Policy
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• Ministers letter July 22, 2008
• phased implementation
• Phase 1 amended addition of Phase 2 materials -
  March 2, 2009
• Phase 3 August 31, 2009
• target residential small quantity waste
  generators from industrial, commercial
  institutional (ICI) businesses
• provide incentives to maximize reduction, reuse,
  recycling (3Rs) improve recycling/reuse
  capacity
• improve accessibility for all Ontarians including
  urban, rural northern

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MHSW Program Policy (2)
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• Ministers letter July 22 (contd)
• cover program costs including from collection to
  diversion, promotional education activities,
  research development, and capital costs to
  meet accessibility targets
• track materials from collection to final
  destination
• residential collection

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Timeline
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August 31, 2009
March 2, 2009
July 22, 2008
Phase 3
Phase 2 Amendments to Phase 1
Program Plan Letter
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Phase 1 Materials
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• Paints coatings, containers in which they are
  contained
• Solvents containers in which they are contained
• Oil filters, after they have been used for their
  intended purpose
• Containers that have a capacity of 30 litres or
  less that were manufactured used for the
  purpose of containing lubricating oil
• Single use dry cell batteries
• Antifreeze, containers in which they are
  contained
• Pressurized containers such as propane tanks
  cylinders
• Fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides,
  insecticides, or pesticides containers in which
  they are contained.

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Phase 2 Materials
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• All batteries excluding lead acid batteries from
  vehicles
• Aerosol containers
• Portable fire extinguishers
• Fluorescent light bulbs tubes
• Switches that contain mercury
• Thermostats, thermometers, barometers, or other
  measuring devices if they contain mercury
• Pharmaceuticals
• Sharps, including syringes

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Phase 3 Materials
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• All other remaining materials that meet the
  definition of municipal or hazardous waste in
  O. Regulation 542/06 such as

• - masonry cleaners, deck washes
• - metal cleaners/polishes
• - moth balls
• - non-Phase 1 pesticides
• - oven cleaner
• - paint/furniture strippers
• - perchloroethylene (dry cleaner liquid)
• - photochemicals
• - plumbing antifreeze
• - pool chemicals
• - roof patch, undercoatings, tar
• - tile/toilet/drain cleaners
• - traffic marking paints
• - various acids such as muriatic acid
• - windshield washer fluid

• - adhesives, contact cements, glues, epoxies
• - automotive additives cleaners
• - automotive paints
• - bleach, peroxides
• - boric acid, rust remover
• - corrosive cleaners e.g. ammonia
• - cosmetic removers, caulking
• - etching solutions
• - non-Phase 1 fertilizers
• - fibreglass resins
• - foundation coatings
• - industrial paints
• - insect repellants
• - kerosene, diesel, gasoline, camping fuels
• - lighter/starter fluids

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MHSW at a GlancePhase 1 Update
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• Approved February 2008
• launched July 1, 2008
• Residential small quantity ICI materials
• 3 collection channelsmunicipal, commercial
  automotive
• Goal expand accessibility double recovery rate
  over 5 years

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Phase 1 MHSWMunicipal Collection (1)
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• Municipal Agreements
• need to be signed by December 15 to receive
  retroactive funding to July 1
• expect approximately 100 agreements representing
  about 135 municipalities
• Friday last week, 29 signed agreements
  (servicing 5M population)

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Phase 1 MHSWMunicipal Collection (2)
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• Materials Tracking System (MTS)
• online cradle-to-grave tracking for all MHSW
• municipalities required to enter Bill of Lading
• triggers process for invoicing payment to
  municipalities
• reporting invoicing webinar for municipalities
  held early Octoberpresentation/QA available at
  www.stewardshipontario.ca/mhsw

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Phase 1 MHSWNon-Municipal Collection Channels
(1)
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• REOI for commercial other organizations to
  collect paint, batteries pressurized containers
• Major retailers responding for paints, batteries
• Institutions community-based organizations for
  batteries
• Projecting gt225 new collection locations in 1st
  year

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Phase 1 MHSWTransporting Processing
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• Transport processing incentive payment model
  for oil filters, anti-freeze, oil/AF containers
• 24 processors 34 transporters approved
  registered for at least 1 MHSW
• Companies selected to provide processing services
  for batteries, paints pressurized containers
  (RFP process)

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Phase 1 MHSWStewards
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• 367 stewards registered
• 1st quarter report fees due by October 31
• Number of stewards reporting filing fees
  growing daily
• Estimate 7M in 1st quarter

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About Do What You Can
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• Point-of-purchase brochure in stores soon
• Interactive website searchable by postal code,
  municipality, material (Phase 1 non-Phase 1)
• Municipalities will have online admin tool to
  update collection information
• Retail collection events/sites will also be posted

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Amending Phase 1
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• Program delivery to include full payment by
  steward from collection to diversion and
  residential collection
• Program Plan Issues
• commencement dates
• harmonizing program plan delivery with Phase 1 on
  the ground

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Consultation Process
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• Workshop 1
• Information preliminary for purpose of
  consultation
• Encouraging key stakeholders to engage in process
• Comments welcome due by Friday November 7, 5
  p.m.
• comments_at_stewardshipontario.ca

• Workshop 2
• Post draft preliminary program plan November 24,
  2008
• Workshop second week December
• Written comments due within 10 days of workshop
• Post revised program plan January 9, 2009

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MHSW Phase 2
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• Debra Conlon

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Background
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Diversion Plan for Designated Materials
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• Elements include
• End of life (EOL) collection waste management
  based on 3Rs
• Promotion Education to help achieve targets
• Research Development to find ways to improve
  collection management
• Performance benchmarks tracking mechanisms
• Program delivery administration
• Fee setting common costs material specific
  costs
• Commencement date data year
• Reporting requirements deadlines
• Stakeholder consultations

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How Do We Get There
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• Refine definitions
• Definitions provide Stewardship Ontario with the
  legal authority to require stewards to submit
  reports levy fees
• Identify obligated stewards
• Brand owners first importers into Ontario of
  designated materials
• Determine collection management options
• Establish baseline data, fee rates targets

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Stewardship Ontario Approach
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• Building on Phase 1 Program Plan
• September 2008, convened a forum of MHSW stewards
  dedicated a staff person (Debra Conlon)
• Assembled adhoc groups of affected stewards for
• Phase 2 materials
• Started to gather information, to formulate
  definitions, data and management options
• Consulted with municipalities through the MHSW
  Municipal-Industry Programs Committee (MIPC)

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Phase 2 Obligated MaterialsTables 1, 2 3
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Batteries - Proposed Draft Definition
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• Includes
• Phase 1 Phase 2 batteries
• rechargeable non-rechargeable
• batteries from all ICI generators
• Excludes
• batteries managed by the WEEE program
• lead acid batteries in vehicles

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Batteries - Data
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• Total collected 2007 - 438,950 kg batteries
• Data Gaps
• Other collections beyond Rechargeable Battery
  Recycling Corporation (RBRC)
• Raw Material Corporation (RMC)
• ICI data (challenge)
• Generation numbers/available for collection
• Environment Canada study
• European Union programs i.e. Belgium
• sales data from manufacturers

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Batteries - Stewards
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• First importers/brand owners of batteries
  products containing batteries, e.g., members of
• Canadian Household Battery Association
• National Electrical Manufacturing Association
  (NEMA)
• Electro- federation Canada (EFC)
• Gaps
• Generation of battery waste in manufacturing
  equipment

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Batteries Current Industry Programs
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• Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation Raw
  Material Corporation
• drop off locations all over Ontario
• reclaim reusable materials, such as nickel, iron,
  cadmium, lead, and cobalt from the batteries

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Batteries Management Options
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• Reduction
• rechargeable batteries provide an alternative for
  single use batteries, reduction in use of mercury
  
• Reuse
• opportunities for reuse of rechargeable batteries
• Recycle
• materials in batteries can be recycled reclaimed

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Aerosols - Proposed Draft Definition
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• Includes
• various assortment of empty, half full full
  containers with hazardous or non-hazardous
  content
• metal non-metal containers
• residential ICI small quantity waste
  generators
• Excludes
• empty containers in the blue box
• (78 accessibility)

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Aerosols - Data
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• Collected 2007- 354,260 kg
• Generation 2008 - 5 million kg (2007 Blue Box
  data)
• Gaps
• data for Blue Box collection stats
• ICI generation numbers
• assumptions to determine available for
  collection in the MHSW program

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Aerosols - Stewards
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• First importers/brand owners of aerosol products
  such as members of
• Food and Consumer Products of Canada
• Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association
  (Canada US)
• Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry Fragrance
  Association
• CropLife Canada
• Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors

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Aerosols - Management Options
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• Reduction
• Promotion Education buy what you need
• use it
• Reuse
• some products may be available for reuse
• Recycle
• metal non-metal containers can be recycled

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Portable Fire Extinguishers Definition
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• Definition as per National Fire Protection
  Association Standards
• Includes
• rechargeable non-rechargeable portable fire
  extinguishers
• from residential ICI small quantity waste
  generators
• Excludes
• components from fire systems

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Portable Fire Extinguishers - Data
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• Total collected 2007 18,544 kg
• Gaps
• Generation available for collection - use
  sales data from stewards apply product life
  time estimates

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Portable Fire Extinguishers - Stewards
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• First importers or brand owners of portable fire
  extinguishers such as
• Kidde Canada
• Sava Fire Equipment
• Ansul
• Strike First

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Portable Fire Extinguishers Industry Programs
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• Common practice for commercial service providers
  to recycle the materials contained within a fire
  extinguisher recycle the canister for scrap
  metal

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Portable Fire Extinguishers Management Options
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• Reduction
• Rechargeable provides an option for
• non-rechargeable
• Reuse
• Products may be reused if serviced
• Recycle
• Content containers can be reclaimed recycled

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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Tubes Definition
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• Includes
• light bulbs tubes designed to be replaced by
  the user
• fluorescent light bulbs tubes from ICI
  generators of less than 5 kg
• Excludes
• bulbs and tubes managed by WEEE
• halogens projector bulbs

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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Tubes - Data
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• Collected 71,310 kg
• Generation 1.4 million kg
• Total Available 568,000 kg
• Gaps
• No major gaps
• Compiling stats from retail programs

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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Tubes - Stewards
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• First importers/brand owners of fluorescent light
  bulbs tubes, e.g., members of
• Electro - federation
• Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
• Others

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Fluorescents Other Programs
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• Retailers such as Home Depot, RONA Ikea run
  voluntary collection programs
• Take Back the Light program to manage ICI
  generators over 5 kg per month

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Fluorescents - Management Options
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• Reduction
• Canada-wide standard for the reduction of mercury
  containing lamps
• Reuse
• Not applicable
• Recycle
• Mercury separated from lamp. Glass scrap metal
  recycled. Mercury available for reuse.

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Sharps - Definition
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• Includes
• Sharps used for humans companion animals
• Excludes
• ICI

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Sharps - Data
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• Total collection 2007 27,519 kg
• Gaps
• other program data
• generation data Ontario sales data
• talk to current collection agents

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Sharps - Stewards
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• Members of MEDEC others

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Sharps - Management Options
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• Biohazard 3Rs not applicable

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Break
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Welcome Back!
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Pharmaceuticals Proposed Draft Definition
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• Based on Canadas Food Drug Act definitions for
  Drugs NHPs
• Included
• prescription non-prescription drugs in dosage
  form
• prescription medication for companion animals
• licensed Natural Health Products (NHP) in dosage
  form including
• vitamins minerals
• herbal remedies
• homeopathic medicines
• traditional medicines

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Pharmaceuticals Proposed Draft Definition (2)
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• Excluded
• ICI
• packaging managed in the blue box
• some everyday products (see list)

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Pharmaceuticals - Data
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• Total Collection 2007 - 42,010 kg
• Gaps
• Generation/available data requires significant
  data mining assumptions
• Other voluntary programs exist at retailers (data
  still being compiled)

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Pharmaceuticals - Stewards
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• Brand owners first importers of pharmaceuticals
  including
• RxD companies
• Generic drug manufactures
• Natural Health Products
• Vet medication manufacturers
• Members of
• Post-consumer Pharmaceutical Stewardship
  Association
• Food Consumer Products of Canada
• Consumer Cosmetic, Toiletry Fragrance
  Association

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Pharmaceuticals - Industry Programs
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• Medications return program runs a return to
  retail voluntary program
• High percentage of Ontario pharmacies run return
  programs for products dispensed include
  disposal

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Pharmaceuticals - Management Options
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• Reduce
• Prescriptions managed by College of Pharmacists
• Other promotion education buy what you need
  use it
• Reuse
• Not applicable
• Recycle
• Packaging recyclable
• Contents require incineration

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Mercury Containing Products Proposed Draft
Definition
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• Includes
• switches (in appliances/cars/manufacturing
  equipment, etc.) thermostats, thermometers,
  barometers that contain mercury
• residential ICI small waste generators
• Excludes
• switches managed by the WEEE program
• generators of more than 5 kg of designated waste
  per month

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Mercury - Data
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• Total collection - 165 kg (thermostats
  switches)
• Gaps Challenges
• other programs Ontario data
• legacy brand owners from around the world
• small components within major products imported
  whole manufacturing products

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Mercury Containing Products - Stewards
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• First importers brand owners of consumer
  manufacturing products containing mercury
  products designated by the program plan letter,
  e.g., thermostats, thermometers, barometers
  products that contain switches that contain
  mercury such as members of
• NEMA, Electro-federation
• MEDEC
• appliance manufacturers
• car manufacturers

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Mercury Other Programs
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• Environment Canada notice of reduction of mercury
  containing products
• National programs running in Ontario
• Switch out the Stat work with contractors
• 14,000 thermostats (34 kg of mercury)
• Switch out the Switch scrap vehicle dealers
• 200,000 switches from end-of-life vehicles
• (170 kg of mercury)

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Mercury - Management Options
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• Reduce
• Environment Canada risk management strategy
• Switch out programs
• General trend towards reduction
• Reuse
• Not applicable
• Recycle
• Mercury can be separated from casings casings
  can be recycled mercury can be reused

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Collection
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Municipal Programs
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• From WDO Data call for 2007
• 89 municipal programs serving 11.4M people
• 98 permanent depots
• 270 event days
• 15,836 tonnes MHSW collected
• 1.39 kg per capita

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Other Collection Options
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• City of Torontos Toxic Taxi service
• 10 years
• pick-ups prompted by phone call from resident
• pick ups can take up to 2 weeks after call
  received
• depots are main source for managing MHSW in TO
• Vienna,Austria
• pick up based on accumulation of critical mass
  via email sign up
• Clean Air Foundation arranges collection through
  electrical contractors and scrap metal dealers
• Do you know of other experiences?

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Retail Collection
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• Voluntary programs currently running in retailers
  including batteries, fluorescents
  pharmaceuticals
• Phase 1 retail collection channel
• Phase 2 materials will explore opportunities with
  applicable retailers

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Incentives
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• According to the Program Plan letter incentives
  can be used to achieve targets
• Forms of incentives to achieve targets can
  include financial compensation systems like
  bounty systems innovative incentive systems

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Issues Related to Phase 2 Implementation
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• Program delivery outlined for Phase 2 changes
  will impact the operations of Phase 1 as well as
• Municipalities their program plan delivery
• Stewards fee setting
• Stewardship Ontario management of program
• The program plan needs to consider these issues
  consult with municipalities through MIPC to
  strive for a harmonized approach

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Timelines for Plan Approval Commencement
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• Submit plan to Minister by March 2, 2009
• Post on Environmental Registry minimum 30 days
• Ministers approval by revised regulation to give
  Stewardship Ontario authority to implement
• Stewardship Ontario required under WDA to notify
  stewards of potential obligations
• Minimum 90 days following notification to
  assemble report data
• Commencement date payment schedule TBD

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Debra ConlonMHSW Phase 2 3 Project
Director416-805-4490dconlon_at_stewardshipontario.c
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Questions Answers
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• We want your views!
• Please email questions comments to
• comments_at_stewardshipontario.ca
• by 5 p.m. Friday November 7, 2008

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Next Steps (1)
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• Written comments to Stewardship Ontario by
• 5 p.m., Friday, November 7, 2008
• Post draft preliminary program plan for
  consultation November 24, 2008
• Workshop 2 - 2nd week December 2008
• Written comments to Stewardship Ontario within 10
  days of workshop
• Post revised program plan January 9, 2009

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Next Steps (2)
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• Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) reviews draft
  preliminary plan January 21, 2009
• Waste Diversion Ontario reviews final draft plan
  February 13, 2009
• Stewardship Ontario Board makes final revisions
  February 25, 2009
• WDO submits to Minister by March 2, 2009

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Thank you !Meeting Adjourned
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