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Promoting alternative transportation methods not only reduces the company's carbon footprint but also demonstrates a long-lasting commitment to sustainability. Encourage and support employee-led initiatives by establishing a dedicated team or committee responsible for brainstorming, planning, and implementing eco-friendly projects.
Employee involvement fosters a sense of ownership and commitment to sustainability, making it a part of the corporate culture. Fostering an environmentally conscious workplace is not only an ethical responsibility but also a strategic advantage for companies.
By setting clear goals, educating and training employees, and promoting environmentally friendly practices, organisations can make a significant impact. When doing this, companies not only reduce their environmental footprint but also stand to benefit from reduced costs, improved brand reputation, and engaged employees who share the vision of a greener, more sustainable future.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle The three Rs - reduce, reuse, and recycle - are fundamental principles in the journey toward sustainability. Implement Energy-Efficient Practices Energy consumption is a major contributor to a company's carbon footprint. Sustainable Procurement Another effective way to foster sustainability is by promoting eco-friendly procurement practices.
The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority will operate an online, public-facing registry for data collection and will be subject to confidentiality of information provisions in the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, , and the Waste Diversion Transition Act, , when it exercises its powers and duties.
Under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, , the Authority is required to provide certain information to the Minister upon request, including information collected under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, , or the Waste Diversion Transition Act, The ministry is subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The act includes provisions to protect information that could reveal trade secrets or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information supplied in confidence.
As we move toward full producer responsibility and a zero waste future, we need to make sure that we have the necessary building blocks in place for an efficient and effective resource recovery system that will save taxpayers money, reduce emissions from waste and reduce costs for companies and consumers, all while protecting environmental and human health.
We also need to strengthen generator responsibility as set out under the Environmental Protection Act. In order to move toward a circular economy and address the challenges the province faces, existing waste diversion programs will undergo a transition process that consists of two concurrent steps:.
To ensure a seamless transition, the new producer responsibility regulations will be fully implemented on the day the existing waste diversion programs wind up.
Under the Waste Diversion Act, , four waste diversion programs were developed and operated by three industry funding organizations:. As well, four Industry Stewardship Plans have been approved under the Waste Diversion Act, :. Transitioning each of these waste diversion programs to the full producer responsibility regime will be guided by the following core principles:.
There are over locations across Ontario where empty alcohol and beer bottles can be returned for a deposit refund. In , the Beer Store recovered more than 95 percent of all refillable beer bottles sold in Ontario — these bottles are reused an average of 15 times before being recycled into new glass bottles.
Reusing a bottle means less virgin glass is required to produce new products and saves energy in the process. The Ontario Deposit Return Program recovered 79 percent of all wine, spirits and non-Beer Store listed beer containers in that same period, including more than 80 percent of glass bottles and cans.
Together, the Beer Store and the Ontario Deposit Return Program avoided more than , tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in — equivalent to taking more than 40, cars off the road.
Source, Working Together for a Greener Tomorrow: Beer Store Responsible Stewardship. The Beer Store, The government will lead the overall transition process, including directing the wind-up of waste diversion programs and industry funding organizations and developing regulations to set the new producer responsibility requirements for materials included in the existing programs.
Before the existing waste diversion programs and the industry funding organizations that operate them are wound up, regulations will be developed under the new producer responsibility regime to identify responsible producers, designate materials and set clear regulatory requirements for those responsible producers and set clear timelines for when the new obligations take effect.
As directed by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, each industry funding organization will work with stakeholders to develop a wind-up plan for their programs. Wind-up plans will deal with the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of the existing programs and industry funding organizations.
Once assessed and approved by the Authority, industry funding organizations will be responsible for the implementation of the plans.
Industry funding organizations will continue to operate existing waste diversion programs until the new producer obligations take effect. To prepare to meet their obligations under the new producer responsibility regime, producers will be required to register with the Authority and will negotiate agreements with municipalities or service providers as needed to enable them to meet their obligations individually, collectively or through third-party service delivery.
Existing programs under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, , will end on the transition date set out in the approved wind-up plans. On the same date, producers will need to launch their own programs to meet applicable requirements under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, , and its regulations.
After program wind-up is complete, responsible industry funding organizations will be expected to wind themselves up in accordance with the approved wind-up plans and regulations once they are developed.
This will help ensure no disruption to services for Ontarians. Extensive consultation with producers e. Consultations will include consideration of:.
To help ensure services are maintained, Blue Box program transition will require careful consideration. Cooperation among municipalities, producers, the Authority and Stewardship Ontario will be essential to ensure a smooth transition to the new producer responsibility approach.
Considerations for consultation on the Blue Box program transition could include:. It is anticipated that the transition of the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Used Tires programs will be completed within two-to-four years of release of this strategy, with Used Tires as the first.
Transitioning the Blue Box program may take longer as the province, municipalities and producers will need to have extensive discussions on the transition process. footnote 13 [13]. Businesses view the three regulations as the policy framework for waste generator responsibility.
The 3Rs Regulations also require multi-residential dwellings of six or more units to source separate recyclable wastes. Improving resource recovery from high-rise and other multi-residential dwellings is important as we continue to develop more compact communities. Now more than 20 years old, the 3Rs Regulations no longer adequately drive waste diversion.
The province will convene a stakeholder working group for advice on amending the 3Rs Regulations and help drive diversion. Owners and operators of waste management systems and waste disposal sites provide waste management services to municipalities and businesses. Requirements for these service providers, including the requirement to obtain Environmental Compliance Approvals for waste management, including hauling, storage, processing, recycling, diversion and disposal, are set out in the Environmental Protection Act and its regulations.
Imposing regulatory requirements on owners and operators of waste management systems in a consistent and measured way helps protect the natural environment and ensures there is a level playing field among service providers to support competitive markets.
The province will consider enhancing regulatory requirements, including any applicable requirements for service providers to support the implementation of producer responsibility under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, Enhancements to the regulatory requirements will also be considered during broader reviews of the 3Rs Regulations and during the development of our path forward on food and organic wastes.
The province wants to ensure that resources are being recovered from the waste stream in an effective and efficient manner and in a way that does not lead to significant negative impacts on the natural environment.
End-of-life vehicles may contain potentially hazardous substances. Not managing waste properly now can lead to expensive cleanups of contaminated land and water in the future.
These regulations help ensure end-of-life vehicle processing and associated wastes are managed in an environmentally responsible manner.
In an economy that values its resources and promotes the efficient and effective recovery of products and packaging, landfills should be the last resort in the system to manage waste materials. This is not currently the case in Ontario, as over 70 per cent of products at their end-of-life, packaging and other waste is sent to landfill.
footnote 14 [14]. Ontario has approximately operating landfills footnote 15 [15] and 1, closed landfills. footnote 16 [16] Given the projected population growth and economic trends, our ability to dispose of waste will become increasingly challenging.
Without reducing the amount of waste generated, it is forecasted that Ontario will need to site 16 new or expanded landfills by footnote 17 [17]. While Ontario strives for a waste-free future, there will still be a need for landfill space as we work towards this goal. The province will look for innovative ways to reduce the impact landfills have on the environment and slow the number of landfills needed within the next two decades.
The province will also take actions, in conjunction with its transition to a low-carbon economy, to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from both new and existing landfills. footnote 18 [18] This gas is primarily methane generated by decomposing organic waste, which has a global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon dioxide CO 2.
footnote 19 [19] If Ontario is to seriously tackle climate change and make progress on the Climate Change Action Plan, preventing greenhouse gas emissions from landfill must be a priority.
Ontario already has mandatory landfill gas controls set out in regulation to capture methane from all new or operating landfills larger than 1. Using the methane from landfills to produce electricity or other energy will provide benefits for homeowners and businesses.
A number of landfill sites are already taking advantage of this process. Creation of offset credits will be based on criteria set in offset project protocols developed with Quebec.
The province will encourage actions to capture and use this resource and consider the role that landfills can play in supporting cleaner, renewable electricity and natural gas supplies. We will consult with stakeholders on planning for future landfills and the efficient management of existing landfills, including the benefits of promoting or expanding methane capture.
The provincial approach to future waste disposal needs will be informed by reliable data. The province has partnered with the waste management sector to ensure landfill data, such as landfill capacity, supply, size, location, service areas, types of wastes to be accepted at the site and environmental protection features supports evidence-based decision-making.
Ontario will ensure proposals for new landfills or landfill expansions include a rigorous review of:. Ontario will continue to be a leading jurisdiction in setting strict landfill standards and requirements.
This means continuing to safeguard drinking water by applying groundwater protection limits and design requirements for leachate collection systems that are unsurpassed by any other jurisdiction in North America. Proposals for large new landfills and landfill expansions will continue to be subject to rigorous environmental assessment processes under the Environmental Assessment Act and strict requirements for design, operation, closure, post-closure care and financial assurance under the Environmental Protection Act.
These comprehensive requirements will ensure the environmental risks of this landfilling legacy will be managed. Currently, 31 landfills in Ontario have systems in place to capture landfill gas, which are expected to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 1.
footnote 20 [20]. Promoting and improving public participation in resource recovery and waste reduction is an important part of ensuring our resource recovery systems operate efficiently and effectively.
Provided with the right information, Ontarians can choose goods that are more durable, more recyclable or have less of an impact on the environment and drive the market for these goods with their purchasing power.
Information about best practices can also help Ontarians better manage end-of-life products and packaging to generate less waste. Under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, , the Authority is required to establish a registry to post relevant data and information and allow the public to access it as appropriate.
The government will also establish promotion and education requirements for producers to ensure consumers get the information they need to properly participate in resource recovery efforts.
The role generators and service providers play in public education and awareness will also be considered. For example, as part of amendments to the 3Rs Regulations, we will consider how generators and service providers can improve awareness efforts to drive larger volumes of waste to diversion.
The province will consider how promotion and education needs may need to be customized to maximize resource recovery and waste reduction in multi-residential developments, the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors and in different community types, such as urban, rural and northern communities.
The province will also look for other complementary measures to drive greater public participation in resource recovery, including tools to promote behavioural change, such as standardized waste receptacles.
Resource recovery and waste reduction contribute to economic development and job creation in a variety of ways. If we are to build a circular economy and reap its benefits, it is critical that we minimize raw material use, maximize reuse of products and packaging and recycle a wider range of materials.
Residences, industrial facilities, commercial establishments and institutions generate a wide variety of wastes. Paper and packaging, food and organic wastes, and construction and demolition materials are three large waste streams that require extra effort and targeted action.
Ontario will use a variety of tools and take actions to incent businesses to show leadership. We will demonstrate efforts to increase resource productivity by reducing the use of raw materials and avoiding waste to maximize the recovery of materials at their end-of-life. The province will designate new materials under the new producer responsibility regime.
When identifying potential candidate materials for full producer responsibility, the province will consider products and packaging whose recovery helps fulfill one or more of the following three broad results:. The province will assess candidate materials against specific criteria to determine their suitability for producer responsibility in Ontario.
Criteria to determine new materials under the producer responsibility regime may include:. The province recognizes not all materials are suitable for producer responsibility. To inform our decisions and help ensure appropriate materials are designated, the province will work with producers, municipalities, service providers and other stakeholders to gather and assess data.
Properly identifying products and packaging is essential to an effective regulatory framework and efficient approaches to resource recovery. Ontario will also consider how the transition from existing waste diversion programs to the new framework could facilitate or impede the recovery of newly designated materials for producer responsibility, including the ability of producers to manage obligations under both processes.
Materials will be designated through regulations made under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, Based on previous consultations, the first set of materials will include, but is not limited to:.
Producer responsibility and generator requirements could complement each other in some circumstances. This is of particular interest for paper and packaging, which accounts for about 55 per cent of waste generated.
footnote 22 [22]. Consultation is critical to ensuring products and packaging are designated in an order and timeframe that sets a foundation for progress and allows producers, consumers, municipalities and waste service providers to successfully adjust to the new approach.
When we send food and organic wastes to landfill, we lose valuable resources that could be used to support healthy soils and opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including enhancing soil carbon storage through the use of compost.
Food waste is also about much more than what ends up in the landfill — it represents the resources embedded in food, including energy and water used to grow, harvest, process, transport and sell food and food-related products.
footnote 24 [24] Households are responsible for approximately 47 percent of this food waste. The remaining 53 percent is generated along the supply chain where food is grown, processed, transported and sold.
footnote 25 [25]. Food and organic wastes also represent a significant threat to our climate change progress. footnote 26 [26] 90 per cent of these emissions came from solid waste disposal in landfills — of which most came from organic waste.
footnote 27 [27] When food and organic materials are landfilled, they break down and emit methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more harmful to our climate than carbon dioxide.
The Food and Organic Waste Action Plan will focus on regulatory and non-regulatory actions and consider how to prevent food from becoming waste and to recover food and organic wastes from the waste stream. In developing the action plan, the province will consider:.
To support markets for recovered food and organic materials, the Food and Organic Waste Action Plan will also consider opportunities for:. When taking actions to address food and organic wastes, the province will aim to build on the many successful voluntary initiatives that are already in place in the municipal and private sectors.
The province will also consider cross-cutting issues that affect the agricultural and food processing sectors, such as food safety and biosecurity, when identifying opportunities to increase the recovery and use of recovered materials. The province has committed to banning food waste from disposal e.
landfill, incineration to increase diversion of these wastes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Banning food waste from disposal will require extensive consultation and coordination with our partners and will be implemented once infrastructure capacity is adequately developed.
Addressing food and organic wastes will require coordination among multiple players, including waste generators, retailers, municipalities, service providers and the public.
The province has launched a stakeholder working group that will provide advice on the development of the action plan to ensure unique considerations inherent to food and organic wastes are addressed. Excess soil — soil that is not needed on a site after it is excavated — is generated through many economically and socially important activities, such as infrastructure development, and is a valuable resource.
It must be managed and moved in ways that protect our health and our environment while promoting its beneficial reuse. There is currently confusion about what standards apply to the movement of excess soil and when it may be deemed a waste.
In the absence of provincial direction on standards for moving excess soil, in many cases, valuable soil resources are currently being treated as waste and sent to landfill. In order to promote the safe and beneficial reuse of excess soil, the province intends to clarify when it can be considered a waste and provide a new approach, including new standards, for the reuse of excess soil.
To support these efforts, the province developed an Excess Soil Management Policy Framework that provides actions the government will take in fostering more sustainable excess soil management.
The framework recognizes excess soil as a resource and promotes a system that strives for consistency, fairness, enforceability and flexibility. This framework embraces two key goals:. The framework recognizes the responsibility of the generator of excess soil, or the source site, to plan for its appropriate reuse and to track and record excess soil from source to reuse.
This will be achieved through new regulatory requirements on source sites to prepare and implement excess soil management plans. The framework includes actions to develop technical direction, including new standards for reuse of excess soil, as well as requirements for tracking and registration related to excess soil movements.
Excess soil reuse must be considered earlier in the process of planning for development and infrastructure. As part of the framework delivery, municipalities will be encouraged to develop strategies for reuse of excess soil as part of planning for growth and development.
Clarification and alignment will also be achieved through consideration of potential amendments to existing regulations related to brownfields redevelopment and inert fill as it applies to excess soil, both under the Environmental Protection Act.
Implementation of this framework will also consider new policy tools, such as policy statements under the new waste legislation, and is being informed by advice and input from a multi-ministry team, an Excess Soil Engagement Group and standards, sampling and market support sub-groups.
As Ontario continues to find new and effective ways of recovering resources, the province will provide an effective and modern outcomes-focused regulatory environment that promotes industrial competitiveness, investment, innovation and growth and harmonization with other jurisdictions.
The province will continue on its path to be a modern regulator by taking advantage of new technology and innovations. We will continue to work towards reducing barriers to adopting new innovative technologies and building an approval system for the future that focuses on environmental outcomes.
Legal requirements related to waste need to align with and promote the concept of a circular economy. They need to reflect increasingly integrated and sophisticated resource recovery operations, including using the best available processes and technology and innovative regulatory best practices.
Developing a risk-based approach for compliance and enforcement will also simplify legal requirements and business processes for activities that are lower risk, less complex or have standard requirements, while continuing to protect the environment and human health. The province will continue to move forward with regulatory modernization efforts by reviewing existing regulations, policies and approaches, including consideration of developing resource recovery infrastructure and innovative and emerging technologies.
This review will be undertaken with a view to building a circular economy that maintains a level playing field, increases the accountability of regulated parties, and aligns with existing and future economic trends and industry and regulatory best practices.
For materials to be recovered and re-integrated into the economy, the cost to recycle must be more viable than the low cost of sending materials to landfill.
More emphasis needs to be placed on stimulating the development of markets for these products to help close the resource loop. Taking action to foster a supportive business environment for companies that use recovered resources in Ontario will help drive additional recycling, create more jobs, reduce greenhouse gases and extend the life of existing landfills.
Environmental standards can assist in improving the quality and consistency of recovered materials and can help support end-markets for recovered materials. Standards take many forms — regulatory requirements, guidelines, best practices and certification programs. Standards send signals to the market and influence what materials are recovered, how they are managed and how they are reintegrated into the economy.
The province is considering the role of modern environmental standards in providing greater certainty to markets, leveling the playing field, and supporting producer responsibility, generator responsibility and service provider requirements to increase resource recovery, including:.
The province will consult with stakeholders as it undertakes this shift to identify which types of standards are most appropriate in Ontario and provide for harmonization with other jurisdictions while supporting open, fair and competitive markets. Our government has strong procurement policies that encourage and support purchasing green products and services that do not impact the environment.
As we shift to a circular economy, government leadership in procuring goods and services that make use of recovered resources or include recycled content could help stimulate markets for recovered materials. A number of businesses in Ontario have also implemented policies that consider environmental factors in the procurement of goods and services.
We need to learn more about how our policies, programs and decisions can help send the right signals to shift the market toward greater recovery and reintegration of resources into new products and services.
The government will review its existing procurement policies to ensure procurement rules enable the achievement of government objectives. Disposal bans have been implemented across the world, including in some Ontario municipalities, to help drive diversion.
The province will use disposal bans to help direct materials to reuse and recycling streams where infrastructure is already in place or drive investment in diversion infrastructure and support the development of end-markets.
This is particularly effective when bans are phased in over time. In assessing the viability of banning particular wastes from disposal and the applicability of disposal bans to support diversion efforts, the following factors will also be taken into account:.
The province received feedback on the need to look at disposal bans for certain materials, provided that bans are phased-in and accompanied by comprehensive implementation plans.
Disposal bans can only be effective when consumers are aware of them and have access to means to avoid disposing of the banned materials, such as opportunities to send these materials for reuse, repurposing or recycling.
Promotion, education, consumer convenience and accessibility are critical to the success of any disposal ban.
The province will consult in advance of proposing regulations to disposal bans to determine prospective materials and to address implementation and operational challenges, including the time needed to build capacity and infrastructure, diversion barriers for multi-residential and high-rise buildings and diversion challenges for rural and northern communities.
Stakeholder feedback is critical to ensuring effective policy direction, appropriate performance measures and a coordinated approach to implementing a range of policy tools.
The province is committed to hearing a variety of opinions about the implementation of the tools and actions in the legislation and this strategy. We recognize that the path forward must consider and respect the roles and responsibilities of different parties and the success of existing efforts.
We will consult extensively to build on strengths and take a collaborative approach toward reaching our goals. Effective waste reduction and resource recovery will only occur where tools are used and actions are implemented in a coordinated, integrated and consultative manner that reflects the unique considerations of particular waste streams or sectors.
The province will support municipalities and non-governmental initiatives that contribute to resource recovery and waste reduction. These initiatives are critical to identifying market opportunities, promoting more sustainable technologies and finding new ways to close the resource loop.
Partnerships can help support existing approaches and promote new ways of recovering resources and finding value in materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. Think-tanks, academics, scientists and environmental organizations can help identify emerging challenges, innovative opportunities and potential areas for collaboration.
Selection, implementation and sequencing of multiple tools will require extensive consultation and flexibility to reflect the unique considerations inherent to particular waste streams or sectors.
This approach will provide sectors with flexibility to choose the tools suitable for achieving the outcomes set by government and go a long way toward achieving our goals of zero waste and zero emissions from the waste sector.
The success of our initiatives — not just reducing, reusing and recycling more waste, but also building economic growth through a circular economy — will depend on our ability to gather, assess and measure data. As a province, we need to know how resources are being used, managed and reintegrated into the economy to set priorities and track our success.
Effective resource recovery and waste management are critical to a healthy and prosperous future for our province. By transitioning to a circular economy, where Ontario increasingly reuses and recycles the resources it already has, we have the opportunity to be leaders of a global movement toward a more sustainable model with significant economic, social and environmental benefits.
Making the transition will require a shift in how we think about waste. It will mean changing our perspectives, values and habits.
A circular economy aims to eradicate waste, not just from manufacturing processes, but from our everyday lives. Together with the Waste-Free Ontario Act, , the Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario will guide these changes and guide our progress over the next 10 years.
It will move the province toward achieving our aspirational goals of zero waste and zero greenhouse gas emissions from the waste sector. As we put this strategy into action, the province will consult on implementing the actions with its valued stakeholders, including the waste management sector, urban, rural and northern municipalities, Indigenous communities, traditional large and small businesses, innovators, environmental non-governmental organizations and the farming community.
We will look to other jurisdictions for best practices and lessons learned in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors to help inform the development of innovative circular economy solutions, such as new processes, products, policies and partnerships.
This strategy is the first step in a long-term process. Over the coming years, we can work together to transform our province and beyond to ensure a healthy, prosperous and green future. To have a better experience, you need to: Go to your browser's settings Enable JavaScript.
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