"What We Heard" Report: Province Consults Public, Municipalities And Stakeholders About Future Solid Waste Management Strategy And Regulation

The Ministry of the Environment has completed a province-wide consultation to examine stakeholder, public, and municipal responses to a proposed Solid Waste Management (SWM) strategy.  In May 2014, the Province initiated consultations to determine possible changes to the SWM strategy in seven areas: product stewardship, disposal bans and approval requirements, the used tire management program, removal of requirement for regional SWM plans, clarifying rules for energy-from-waste, improved enforceability of solid waste regulations and the beverage container deposit-refund program. The findings of the consultation were published in the What We Heard report in March 2015, and will be considered when formulating the next Provincial SWM regulations. Key outcomes included: