Clarissa Morawski recently sat down with the LARAC (The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee) to talk about some of the hot-button issues facing municipal waste managers today. An article summarizing the interview has been published in the Winter 2018 issue of “TheLoop“. Read the article here.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Who Pays What 2018 Now Available
5 October 2018 – CM Consulting is pleased to announce the release of the 2018 Who Pays What report. Now in its 9th edition, this report has proven to be an invaluable tool for government officials and those in the beverage industry and recycling sectors seeking to understand how beverage container collection programs work, how their performance […]
In My Opinion: A Business Case for Deposit Return
In an effort to reduce litter and increase recycling, more and more jurisdictions are turning to deposit return systems for the recovery of beverage containers. These systems require consumers to pay a small deposit at the point of purchase, and they get the deposit back when they return the empty container for recycling. Despite the […]
Deposit Return: How it Works
If we look internationally—Europe, US, Canada, Middle East, China, and Australia—massive efforts are underway to introduce or expand existing programs, as governments recognize deposit-return as a modern solution to litter caused by single-use bottles and cans as well as far superior recycling rates. New laws have received much public support, and most respondents to public […]
CM Consulting Releases Global Overview of Deposit Return Systems
Press Release 31 May 2017 – As the problem of marine litter has steadily grown worse, there has been renewed interest in deposit return for the recovery of single-use beverage containers. Deposit return systems (DRS) are a proven tool to collect high quantities of empty beverage containers for reuse and high-quality recycling, and are vital to achieving […]
CM Consulting annonce son Qui Paie Quoi 2016
Peterborough, Canada, le 9 Décembre, 2016 – CM Consulting est heureuse d’annoncer la publication de l’édition 2016 du rapport Who Pays What (Qui paie quoi). Cette septième édition du rapport continue de présenter les données les plus récentes sur la récupération des contenants de boissons au Canada, y compris les mesures de performance et les […]
Dispatches from Europe: Why Deposit Return is EPR
6 December 2016 – More than two decades ago, Thomas Lindhqvist, a Swedish professor of Environmental Economics, coined the term extended producer responsibility, or EPR. At the time, Lindhqvist defined EPR as an environmental strategy that makes producers responsible for the entire life cycle of their products, especially takeback, recycling and final disposal. There are some […]
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CM Consulting Releases Who Pays What 2016
1 December 2016 – CM Consulting is pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Who Pays What report. This 7th edition of the report continues to feature the latest data on beverage container recovery in Canada, including province-specific performance rates and collection costs, as well as an analysis of environmental and economic benefits. To view […]
Return to Spender
Since being introduced to the market, there has been much debate — both in the beverage industry, and among politicians and the public — over the best way to collect non-refillable (single-use) beverage containers for recycling. With several European countries moving forward with deposit-return schemes to complement their existing collection models, CM Consulting’s Clarissa Morawski looks […]
