Canada fighting the plastic waste

helmut.minor • 14. Mai 2023

Timelines by envenance.

Canada proposes a regulatory framework for recycling percentages and labelling obligations for plastics.

 

Furthermore, a proposal of installation of a federal plastics register has been communicated. This central register shall cover a range of products including electrical and electronic equipment and packaging. Along with the obligation to register, companies which put equipment in scope onto the market would be obliged to report data regularly.

 

The proposals are accessible here:

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/canadian-environmental-protection-act-registry/recycled-content-labelling-rules-plastics.html

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/canadian-environmental-protection-act-registry/technical-paper-federal-plastics-registry.html

 

The deadline for any comments to these proposals is the 18th May 2023.

 

 

The following time lines are currently laid out:

 

End of 2023

Publication of regulation

 

2024

Possible start of regulation

 

2025

Intended start date for reporting of recycling percentages in plastics.

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