While these changes are good…

While these changes are good in theory and at first look, implementation already does not seem to be going well. Confusion and rising costs are already occurring (as per usual with anything the gov puts forward without due analysis or planning). For the love of god, can the gov please do the planning BEFORE proposing legislative or regulative amendments.

Toronto, for example, had expected private producers to take over recycling collection in public areas starting next year, but under the new plan, that won’t happen. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), which had endorsed the original move to EPR, says the new changes undermine the purpose of the transition and threaten to create expensive service gaps.

“Less material diverted means more waste in municipal landfills,” said AMO policy director Lindsay Jones in a statement. “These proposals may also exacerbate Ontario’s landfill capacity crisis, projected to reach its limit in less than 10 years.” AMO warns without funding or direction from the province, cities will have to decide whether to absorb the cost of collecting recyclables in public spaces or allow those services to vanish entirely.