Packaging Printed Paper Product Stewardship

WHEREAS in 2012 the UBCM adopted Policy Paper 2: Packaging and Printed Paper Product Stewardship; AND WHEREAS the local government concerns and objectives for the stewardship program for packaging and printed paper outlined in this document have not been recognized and incorporated into Multi-Material BCs stewardship plan for packaging and printed paper, and through the summer ongoing negotiations to mitigate these concerns have not been successful: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM call on the provincial government to review the Multi-Material BC stewardship plan for packaging and printed paper and require that the plan be revised to: - address local governments concerns with the implementation of the plan; - ensure local governments control of waste management, including recycling programs, in their communities; - ensure producers take full financial responsibility for the collection and recycling of their waste; and - create meaningful market signals that encourage the reduction of packaging and innovation of better more recyclable packaging.