I am an Ontario resident who finds the proposed changes to blue box regulations regressive. Ontario as the largest province should be setting the standard for more recycling and waste diversion overall.
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Ontario does 100% need to curb higher than expected cost growth while ensuring that the blue box continues to support resource recovery in Ontario gets the right attention as needed.
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These are the following five recommendations, further explained in the text, aim to achieve these goals:
1. Do not allow Producers any further delays to fulfill their responsibilities to meet targets.
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These are the following five recommendations, further explained in the text, aim to achieve these goals:
1. Do not allow Producers any further delays to fulfill their responsibilities to meet targets.
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Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) welcome the government’s efforts to amend the Blue Box Regulation (O. Reg. 391/21) under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, to better align with the realities faced by producers, including brand holders, importers, and retailers.
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The Plan in 2021 put forward by the Ford Government was encouraging with ample time for implementation.
Now there is a significant walkback. That is unacceptable.
Your summary indicates recognizing rising costs for producers and supporting the Blue Box programme.
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I want beverage producers to be responsible for picking up beverage containers consumed "away from home" e.g. from parks and mall bins.
I want more, not less, management of "flexible" plastic packaging (like food wrap, pouches and bags)
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Recycling pickups should be extended to schools, multi-unit residential buildings, long-term care and retirement homes.
Plastic packaging manufacturers committed to pay for this in 2021: now they are saying it's too expensive and "now is not the right time".
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I am very upset about the proposal to exempt beverage producers from having to collect beverage containers consumed "away from home", e.g. from parks and mall bins.
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It`s not fair that plastic waste producers -- unlike any other segment of society -- should get a break from "higher-than-expected costs" of implementing something they knew, five years ago, was coming on January 1 2026.
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I believe the Ontario Conservative Government’s plans to change the Ontario’s Blue Box recycling program is regressive because it will:
- increase pollution
- make waste producers less accountable
- place more costs on municipalities and renters
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Energy recovery in the European Union is done out of necessity and with sophisticated equipment that ensure the emissions aren't devastating to the local environment.
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The Waste Free Ontario Act, from the previous government, was drafted to recognize the need to recover valuable resources in all waste streams. The goal was to minimize waste sent to landfill.
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