Every two years, CM Consulting publishes Who Pays What — An Analysis of Beverage Container Recovery and Costs in Canada — a comprehensive report on the status of performance and costs of beverage container recycling programs in each Canadian province. Beverage containers are ubiquitous. In Canada, collectively, this worked out to about 1.5 million tonnes of […]
Plastics
Packaging Stewardship — A Package of Responsibility (2010)
With Maine’s recent passing of the nation’s first stewardship framework legislation,all eyes may turn to Central Canada, specifically Ontario, to see how exactly such a lawcould play out, in terms of industry funding, costs and how it could improvethe recycling of packaging and printed paper for municipalities. At the close of this past March, Maine […]
LES FAITS: Comprendre les enjeux associés à la récupération des contenants de boissons (2008)
Ce document est présenté à la Commission des transports et de l’environnement en réponse à son appel d’observations. Ce document a pour but de fournir des solutions fondées sur des renseignements réels en réponse à plusieurs des questions soulevées par la Commission concernant l’amélioration de la récupération des contenants de boissons. This paper has been […]
The New Eco-Currency (2008)
As a waste management consultant, rarely do I come across another consultant’s report that not only delights and excites, but compels me to promote, disseminate, and speak-out about its findings. Such was the case several months ago when Dr. Jeffery Morris of Sound Resource Management, based in the State of Washington, responded to my request […]
White Paper – Understanding the issues associated with beverage container recovery (2008)
Summary of findings While program funding options exist to pass the cost to consumers (CRF, Half-back), direct brandowner responsibility ensures cost scrutiny, and provides incentives for environmentally friendly packaging choices. Deposit return programs generate the bulk of program revenues from polluters and recovered material revenue Increasing the deposit level from 5-cents to 10-cents on existing […]
Pied Piper: Where is Plastic Packaging Leading Us? (2000)
The Canadian plastics industry grew by 45 per cent between 1986 and 1997 — a growth rate three times that of other manufacturing industries and second only to electronics. With a total capacity of about 3.5-million tonnes of resin per annum, this economic behemoth accounted for $35.9-billion of economic activity last year. Plastic is truly […]
