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Blue boxes in Ontario to be run by industry that produces packaging that ends up as waste

New Blue Box program put business interests ahead of protecting the environment

Working with a coalition of environmental and health NGOs, TEA advocates at the Provincial level for good waste policy.

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about our recycling system since China, the world’s biggest recycling market, has stopped accepting more plastics. This decision has a huge impact on recycling systems around the world - including here in Ontario-  and it highlights the problems that arise from not holding producers responsible for the packaging they create.

Toronto residents can recycle more plastic bags in the Blue Bin starting June 1st 2015. This will keep 3,500 tonnes of waste out of landfill each year.

EPR means companies are responsible for the full life-cycle of what they sell. It gives them an incentive to reduce waste, to make products less toxic and packaging easier to recycle.

The Toronto Civic Employees' Union Local 416 (CUPE) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 have announced that they are on strike. The locals were in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009.