Everyone is banking on Extended Producer Responsiblity as being the way to save ourselves from mountains of garbage in BC and in other jurisdictions.   I have heard lots of arguments for and against transfering the cost of collection, recycling and marketing of products to the producers. I do believe that fundementally it makes sense and EPR could drive packaging improvements (less waste), reduce costs by streamlining services and collection and theoretically more product will help drive innovative uses for the product collected.  Did I mention “could”? For me it is a big, could. My fear is that EPR will not ...

September 20, 2011 Norampac announced that its Burnaby Mill (recycling) is shutting down no later than December 2011. http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/46403–cascades-shuts-down-burnaby-b-c-containerboard-mill This is a sad day, when a domestic mill has to shut down. The capacity of this mill was not huge at 128,000 Metric Tonnes of product output per year, but nonetheless it will change the dynamics of cardboard recycling in the Pacific Northwest. It is without a doubt that this capacity will be consumed easily by the export markets, but this to me is not the point nor the best solution. In order to have a viable green economy, North ...

I have been honored as a finalist in the E&Y Entrepeneur of the Year Awards Gala coming up on Tuesday September 28 in Vancouver. ...

http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Vancouver+turning+blind+waste/3589141/story.html In September 28, 2010 Vancouver Sun – my opinion on making recycling, composting and waste diversion a priority in today’s commercial and residential towers. ...