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Overview
Who: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
What: Preventing waste from packaging outside the home
Where: Province-wide
Why: To inform the development of policy approaches that will improve the prevention and recycling of non-residential packaging waste in communities across B.C.
How: Online, survey, written submissions, info sessions, workshops, roundtables
Engagement summary
In spring and summer 2024, the ministry published a discussion paper (PDF, 10MB) to seek feedback on how to prevent packaging waste from non-residential sources, also known as the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector.
The non-residential (ICI) sector includes diverse sources of waste, including:
- Light industrial sources such as agriculture, manufacturing, and jobsites
- Businesses such as retail stores, tourism, and restaurants
- Institutions including hospitals, schools, and universities
More information about preventing plastic waste in B.C. is available at gov.bc.ca/reuse.
Results
The ministry received feedback from the public, First Nations, local governments, businesses, institutions, producers, industry, waste management service providers and other interested parties through:
- Information sharing sessions: 9 info sessions with over 300 participants
- Workshops: 2 interactive workshops for representatives of interested parties (28 and 27 attendees)
- Written submissions: 69 written submissions
- Public survey: 615 responses
Indigenous roundtables: Indigenous Peoples were invited to participate in 3 virtual engagement sessions.
Feedback from the engagement is summarized in the following:
- Engagement Summary Report (PDF, 7.7MB)
- Written Submissions (PDF, 28MB)
- Survey Summary (PDF, 2.9MB)
- Indigenous Engagement Summary Report (PDF, 3MB)
Input from this engagement will be used to work towards identifying policy approaches to keep packaging materials out of our landfills and the environment.
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