by John Mullinder | May 19, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Recovery Rates, Recycled Content, Waste Diversion
There is a strong political smell about the Ontario government’s recent exemption of newspaper publishers from certain Blue Box stewardship obligations. Difficult questions about the future of the province’s Blue Box program were bound to arise and to be aired by...
by John Mullinder | May 11, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Paper, Recovery Rates, Recycling Rates
At a time when Ontario’s Blue Box program is in a state of flux (recent changes to confusing regulations and a backroom deal excluding newspaper publishers from stewardship obligations), it’s probably pertinent to look at who’s performing and who’s not. Overall, the...
by John Mullinder | Mar 2, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Ontario, Recovery Rates, Recycled Content, Recycling Rates, Waste Diversion
Ontarians need to know the truth about their popular Blue Box system. Yes, it did win a United Nations award (decades ago) and it continues to divert a lot of material (mostly paper of one kind or another) from landfill. We can all pat ourselves on the back for this...
