WHEREAS under Ontario Regulation 391/21: Blue Box, producers are fully accountable and financially responsible for their products and packaging once they reach their end of life and are disposed of, for ‘eligible’ sources only;
AND WHEREAS ‘ineligible’ sources which producers are not responsible for including businesses, places of worship, daycares, campgrounds, public-facing and internal areas of municipal-owned buildings and not-for-profit organizations, such as shelters and food banks;
AND WHEREAS should a municipality continue to provide services to the ‘ineligible’ sources, the municipality will be required to oversee the collection, transportation, and processing of the recycling, assuming 100% of the costs;
AND WHEREAS these costs will further burden the municipalities’ finances and potentially take resources away from vital infrastructure projects;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the City of North Bay hereby request that the Province amend Ontario Regulation 391/21: Blue Box so that producers are responsible for the end-of-life management of recycling products from all sources;
AND FURTHER THAT this resolution be forwarded the Honourable Andrea Khanjin, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, MPP Victor Fedeli, Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities and Rural Ontario Municipal Association.
Record of Vote (Upon the Request of Councillor Bain):
Yeas: Councillors Bain, Mitchell, Mallah, Gardiner, Lowery, Vrebosch, Inch, Mayne, Horsfield, King and Mayor Chirico.
Nays: Nil