Item No. 8.4
Council Report: S 23/2020
Subject: Preparations for Recycling Transition to Extended Producer Responsibility - City Wide
Reference:
Date to Council: April 29, 2020Author: Anne-Marie Albidone
Manager, Environmental Services
519-974-2277 ext. 3123
aalbidone@citywindsor.ca
Public Works - Operations
Report Date: 1/31/2020
Clerk’s File #: SW2020
To: Mayor and Members of City Council
Recommendation:
THAT Council ENDORSE the following resolution:
WHEREAS the amount of single-use plastics leaking into our lakes, rivers, waterways is a growing area of public concern;
WHEREAS reducing the waste we generate and reincorporating valuable resources from our waste stream into new goods can reduce GHGs significantly;
WHEREAS the transition to full producer responsibility for packaging, paper and paper products is critical to reducing waste, improving recycling and driving better economic and environmental outcomes;
WHEREAS the move to a circular economy is a global movement, and that the transition of Blue Box programs would go a long way toward this outcome;
WHEREAS the City of Windsor is supportive of a timely, seamless and successful transition of Blue Box programs to full financial and operational responsibility by producers of packaging, paper and paper products;
AND WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has requested municipal governments with Blue Box programs to provide an indication of the best date to transition our Blue Box program to full producer responsibility;