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Provinces Taking a Byte out of E-WasteSaskatchewanSee SWEEP AlbertaWith the first e-waste stewardship program in Canada, Alberta started collecting e-waste for recycling in October 2004 and began collecting recycling fees on February 1, 2005. Alberta ’s new program covers five items: televisions, computer monitors, CPUs (including keyboards, cables, speakers), laptops, notebook computers and printers. Consumers are charged the recycling fee at the time they buy the product. Fees vary by product type and size: Televisions
Computers and related equipment
Fees will cover the costs of collection, transportation and recycling of electronic materials, education programs and electronics recycling-related research. Consumers can bring back old e-waste to more than 75 collection sites without charge. Alberta ’s program is run by the Alberta Recycling Management Authority. See www.albertarecycling.ca. On December 14, 2005, Ontario’s Environment Ministry has designated e-waste as the next product class for its stewardship organization, Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO), to work on. WDO has until May 1, 2005 to present a program to the government. (See below for more information.) On February 9th, 2005, Nova Scotia sent out a draft regulation on electronics stewardship for a 30-day public consultation. The regulation proposes a landfill ban on: televisions; computers, printers, scanners and their components; audio and video equipment such as stereos and VCRs; telephones; fax machines; cell phones and other wireless devices; and electronic game equipment. The proposed regulation also outlines some of the requirements industry will have to meet in establishing a stewardship program for e-waste. Saskatchewan Environment has targeted e-waste for a stewardship program as well. They held a public consultation period last winter and are working on it. Department officials announced at the recent SUMA conference that an e-waste stewardship program will be in place by the fall of 2005. (Source: March 2005 WasteWatch; updated Dec.2010)
British Columbia
The program expanded in July, 2010, to include AV equipment, thermostats, cell phones, residential fluorescent lamps, and batteries used in these products. Two more phases of goods are hoped to be added in April 2011, and July 2012. See the BC governement's environment department website for more details. (Source: Recycling Council of B. C. in February 2007 WasteWatch; updated Dec. 2010)
OntarioOntario's program launched on April 1, 2009, with television, computers, printers & fax machines. The program was expanded on April 1, 2010, to include such things as phones, AV equipment, and cameras. There are now 44 items covered under the program. For all the information, click here. (updated Dec. 2010)
Nova Scotia and PEINova Scotia and PEI's ACES (Atlantic Canada Electronics Stewardship) program was created in November, 2007 by EPSC and the Retail Council of Canada. Like the other programs in Canada, it is industry-led. The program covers computers and related equipment, TVs, AV equipment, and non-cellular phones. For all the details, see the ACES website. (Dec. 2010)
ManitobaManitoba is currently looking into the development of an ewaste program, under the leadership of Green Manitoba, an agency of the provincial government. Stay tuned for developments in 2011... (Dec. 2010)
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