Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Program

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1 Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Program Presentation to Burnaby Board of trade February 5 th, 2014

2 Presentation Overview Overview of MMBC EPR: What Does it Mean? Highlights of Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan What types of packaging & printed paper are covered by the Recycling Regulation? What Does it Mean for BC Businesses? Overview of Small Business Policy Next Steps Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 2

3 Overview of MMBC Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 3

4 Who is MMBC? MMBC is a not-for profit agency under the BC Society Act formed to develop a stewardship plan to satisfy the requirements of the BC Recycling Regulation for Packaging & Printed Paper (PPP) Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 4

5 Our value proposition to BC business We will fulfill your obligations under the Environmental Management Act Avoid the cost and administrative burden of submitting and operating your own stewardship plan Participate in our economies of scale Benefit from administrative harmonization with other provinces Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 5

6 EPR: What does it mean? Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 6

7 E-X-T-E-N-D-E-D Producer Responsibility Extended to what? End-of-life (EOL) management of packaging and printed paper (PPP) Responsible for what? Collecting, recycling and diverting PPP from landfill Paying the costs associated with activities set out in the PPP Stewardship Plan approved by the BC Ministry of Environment (MoE) Whose responsibility? Producer the business that provides the package or printed paper to the BC residential consumer is responsible Producer also known as the steward in some other provinces Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 7

8 EPR is the law in BC (1) BC recycling regulation amended in May 2011 to include PPP supplied to BC residential consumers Producers of PPP required to take responsibility for collection and recycling of their PPP Transfer responsibility from local governments to businesses that introduce PPP into the BC residential marketplace The regulation specified a November 19, 2012 deadline for submitting a stewardship plan to the Ministry of Environment If a business has not submitted a plan or joined MMBC s plan you are now out of compliance with the regulation The MoE has issued a compliance notice advising that penalties for non-compliance include fines of up to $200,000 and/or a prohibition on selling your product in BC Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 8

9 MMBC has fulfilled the regulatory obligations under the Recycling Regulation MMBC submitted a stewardship plan that meets the requirements for all businesses that provide PPP to residential consumers Food & Consumer Packaged Goods Personal care Grocery, drug and mass merchandise retailers Quick service restaurants Newspapers, magazines and directories Banks, financial institutions, insurance, utilities Nursery & floral Electronics Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 9

10 Highlights of Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 10

11 Highlights of PPP Stewardship Plan Producers of PPP will be responsible for Reasonable access to PPP collection services Management of collected PPP Within the context of the pollution prevention hierarchy To achieve 75% recovery within a reasonable time Establishing relationships with Collectors - local governments, private sector companies and not-for-profit organizations Post-collection service providers Financing implementation of PPP Stewardship Plan Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 11

12 How will we meet our recycling target? (1) Build on existing residential collection infrastructure Curbside collection Multi-family building collection Depot collection Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 12

13 How will we meet our recycling target? (2) Continuously improve service & accessibility for residents Expand curbside service where only garbage is currently collected Expand the types of PPP to be collected Experiment with streetscape programs to provide away-fromhome service on municipal property such as sidewalks, plazas or parks Work with collection and processing partners to build an efficient and effective system for residential consumers Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 13

14 What you need to know as a producer in BC Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 14

15 How do you know if you are a producer? Can you answer yes to all three (3) of the following questions? Does your organization or company have residency in BC? Yes + Does your organization or company supply any packaging and printed paper into the BC residential market? Is your organization or company a brand owner, first importer or franchisor? Yes + Yes + You are a producer Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 15

16 Test #1: Do you have residency in BC? Residency means: an organization or its parent has a permanent establishment in BC Residency includes: Physical space (owned, rented or leased)? Fixed place of business, facility Office (including home office), workshop, factory, warehouse Employees or agents who can act on the company s behalf? Authority to sign, fill orders from a stock of merchandise Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 16

17 Test #2: Do you supply PPP in BC? Supplied means: Printed material or a product contained within a package that is sold or distributed to a BC residential consumer Supplied how? Directly from a producer via mail, courier delivery, factory premises, door-to-door; or Indirectly from a producer through a retailer, distributor or franchisee Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 17

18 Test #3: Are you a brand owner, first importer or franchisor? A producer is either: A brand owner manufacturer of the product who sells under the brand; or holds or licenses the brand trademark; or owns or licenses the IP. A franchisor A first importer first seller distributor Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 18

19 What types of packaging & printed paper are covered by the Recycling Regulation? Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 19

20 Packaging a material, substance or object that is used to protect, contain or transport a commodity or product, or attached to a commodity or product or its container for the purpose of marketing or communicating information about the commodity or product" BC Environmental Management Act Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 20

21 Packaging Five broad categories of packaging are included: Paper Plastic Steel and other metal packaging Aluminum Glass Does not include various types of containers covered under other EPR regulations: Beverage containers Paint cans Antifreeze containers Oil containers With the noted exceptions, these categories of packaging are harmonized with other provinces Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 21

22 Printed Paper paper that is not packaging, but is printed with text or graphics as a medium for communicating information, and includes telephone directories, but does not include other types of bound reference books, bound literary books, or bound text books BC Environmental Management Act Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 22

23 Expanding Types of PPP Collected Proposing to collect at curbside and multi-family buildings Gabletop containers Polycoat packaging (e.g., frozen food) Aseptic packaging (e.g., rice/soy milk & soup cartons) Multi-laminated paper packaging (e.g., microwaveable paper containers) Hot & cold drink cups (paper & plastic) Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 23

24 Expanding Types of PPP Collected Proposing to collect at curbside and multi-family buildings Empty aerosol containers (steel & aluminum) Aluminum foil containers Clamshells (PET and rigid polystyrene) Plant pots Spiral wound cans Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 24

25 Expanding Types of PPP Collected Proposing to collect at depots Foam polystyrene Polyethylene Film Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 25

26 Glass Packaging Clear/coloured glass containers can be collected At curbside if segregated from other PPP From multi-family buildings if segregated from other PPP At depots where it can be kept separate from other PPP Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 26

27 What Does it Mean for BC Businesses? Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 27

28 How will the program be funded? MMBC has developed an allocation methodology to apportion the costs of the BC stewardship program to the various materials Harmonization of this cost allocation methodology with other Canadian jurisdictions is a key objective Generally, fees are lower for PPP that is easy to recycle and for which end-markets (buyers) are readily available Some PPP currently has no end markets MMBC will be conducting R&D for these materials (e.g., multilayer and composite packaging) Fees for unrecyclable PPP will be used for R&D until collection and processing systems are available Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 28

29 What costs will be producers responsibility? The stewardship program includes: Collection costs Recycling/processing costs Consumer awareness and public education costs Program development and start up costs Ongoing operating and administrative costs Research and development costs to address unrecyclable PPP Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 29

30 MMBC Fee Schedule Printed Paper Newsprint /kg Magazines and Catalogues /kg Telephone Books /kg Other Printed Paper /kg Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 30

31 MMBC Fee Schedule Packaging Paper Based Packaging (Corrugated Cardboard & Boxboard) /kg Composite Paper Packaging (Gable Top, Paper Laminates, Aseptic Containers) /kg High Grade Plastics (PET, HDPE) /kg Low Grade Plastics (Plastic Film, Polystyrene, Other Plastics) /kg Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 31

32 MMBC Fee Schedule Packaging Plastic Laminates /kg Steel Packaging /kg Aluminum Packaging (Aluminum Food and Milk Packaging, Other Aluminum Packaging) /kg Glass (Clear and Coloured) /kg Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 32

33 Small Business Policy In the fall of 2013, MMBC committed to conduct a consultation with the small business community to arrive at a reasonable small business policy. The objective of the consultation and resulting policy was to develop a small business policy that is financially fair to all stewards while relieving low volume stewards of much of the associated administrative burden. MMBC has listened to the concerns expressed by small businesses in BC, and engaged with the provincial government and business associations to develop a small business policy announced jointly by MMBC and the Minister of Environment. This policy will provide increased certainty for small businesses and reduce the administrative burden for low-volume stewards of packaging and printed paper that wish to join the MMBC program. Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 33

34 New Exemptions On Feb. 4 th, the Ministry of Environment announced it would amend the Recycling Regulation to exempt businesses who meet one of the following criteria: <$1M in revenues; OR <1 tonne PPP; OR Business operating as a single point of retail sale that is not supplied by or operated as part of franchise, a chain or under a banner Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 34

35 MMBC Policy- Low volume stewards MMBC has also created a category for low volume stewards >1 tonne and <5 tonnes, who would pay flat fees calculated by online assessment tool Two categories of flat fees for low volume stewards: 1 tonne and 2.5 tonne - $550 >2.5 tonne and 5 tonne - $1200 Flat fees would cover estimated costs of managing the tonnage for low volume stewards Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 35

36 Examples of One Tonne of Packaging? 5,000 large format pizza boxes (corrugated cardboard box) 150,000 flyer pages 32,000 HDPE pill bottles 150,000 plastic bags 2,500 small household appliance boxes (e.g., toaster) 4,000 shoe boxes Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 36

37 Number of Estimated MMBC Members Regular Members 2,000 to 3,000 Largest 150 Members will pay 80% of the program fees Reporting Exemption Members TBD Other PPP Stewardship Programs: Stewardship Ontario 3,000 members Eco Enterprise Quebec 3,000 members Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba 800 members Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 37

38 Next Steps Companies that are obligated under the regulation but have not yet registered should contact MMBC Steward Services Two Step Process Sign Membership Agreement Report packaging supplied to residents in /info-session/mmbc-producer-guidebook.pdf Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 38

39 Contact Us Presentation to Burnaby Board of Trade Page 39