WHEREAS the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Environment Canada sic defines Extended Producer Responsibility EPR as an environmental policy approach in which a producers responsibility, physical andor financial, for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a products life cycle; AND WHEREAS there are two key features of EPR policy: 1 the shifting of responsibility physically andor economically, fully or partially upstream to the producer and away from municipalities, and 2 to provide incentives to producers to take environmental considerations into the design of the product; AND WHEREAS under the Ozone Depleting Substances and Other Halocarbons Regulation, British Columbia Reg. 38799 within the Environmental Management Act, local governments are required to remove all ozone depleting substances ODS from deposited refrigeration units: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial government to place all ODS under the BC Extended Producer Responsibility legislation.
Ministry of Environment Under the Recycling Regulation, Schedule 3 2.2 a, a stewardship plan is required for i large cooling appliances, including, without limitation, refrigerators, freezers and coolers and vi large treatment appliances, including, without limitation air conditioners. The plan must be submitted to the Province by January 1, 2012 and a program for the province-wide collection of the items containing ozone-depleting substances will be implemented by July 2012.