Provincial Government Consultation re: Renewed Recycling and Waste Diversion Plans

The Manitoba government is reviewing renewed program plans for the responsible management of end-of-life materials for electrical and electronic equipment, household hazardous waste, medication and medical sharps, tires, agricultural packaging, and used oil, oil filters and containers. Current program plans for these materials are reaching the end of their current approval term (2018-2023).

Under The Waste Reduction and Prevention Act’s stewardship regulations(External link), stewardship organizations have submitted these proposed plans on behalf of the manufacturers, distributors and retailers (the “stewards”) who sell their products into Manitoba. Every five years the Minister of Environment and Climate approves renewed program plans. Renewing stewardship plans is an opportunity to modernize waste diversion and recycling in Manitoba, such as setting new targets for the programs.

We Want to Hear from You

We are inviting you to review the program plans below and share your views by submitting a written submission. We want to hear from you to better understand Manitobans’ perspectives on these stewardship programs to inform our review of these plans and where government should focus efforts to improve waste diversion and recycling in the province.

Link to survey: https://engagemb.ca/renewedrecycling-and-waste-diversion

Plans for agricultural packaging:

• Cleanfarms’ Stewardship Program Plan for Designated Crop Input Packaging(External link)

Plans for used oil, oil filters and containers:

Manitoba Association for Resource Recovery Corp.’s (MARRC) Used Oil, Antifreeze & Diesel Exhaust Fluid Products Stewardship Program Plan

• MARRC Part 1. Stewardship plan, financial model components, program plan evaluation, licensed collection system design (pp. 1-79)(External link)

• MARRC Part 2. Remote northern communities, consultation process (pp. 80-159)(External link)

• MARRC Part 3. Creating awareness and promotional activities (pp. 160281)(External link)

• MARRC Part 4. Budget target forecasting for oil and antifreeze products, performance measures, dispute resolution procedures, pollution prevention practices, annual report financial statements, proposed additional product categories (pp. 282326)(External link)

• MARRC Part 5. Appendices 1-4 (pp. 327390)(External link)

• MARRC Part 6. Appendices 5-10 (pp. 391-536)(External link)

Plans for tires:

• Tire Stewardship Manitoba’s Tire Recycling Program Plan(External link)

Plans for electrical and electronic equipment:

• Bell MTS Set-Top Box Electronic Equipment Stewardship Plan Proposal for Manitoba(External link)

• Electronic Products Recycling Association’s End-of-Life Electronics continued on page 6