Product lightweighting is preventing manufacturers from increasing e-scrap collection volumes in Canada’s most populous province.
Product lightweighting is preventing manufacturers from increasing e-scrap collection volumes in Canada’s most populous province.
Draft regulations would require electronics manufacturers to finance the collection and recycling of e-scrap in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Canada’s retailer trade group says New Brunswick’s proposed e-scrap takeback and recycling program would hide fees from consumers and increase red tape for businesses.
With implementation in New Brunswick last week, all 10 Canadian provinces now have extended producer responsibility programs for electronics.
Ontario’s Environment Minister Jim Bradley last week introduced a new Waste Reduction Act and Strategy, which would make numerous changes to the province’s solid waste and recycling management, including doing away with controversial eco fees on electronics purchases.
An employee at an e-scrap facility in Ontario discovered just how much money there is in used electronics.
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The weight of electronics recycled by Canadians continues to grow at a substantial pace, a report from Statistics Canada shows.