Within the last 10 days, MMBC has sent letters to local governments and First Nations that had residential packaging and printed paper (PPP) or garbage curbside collection as of November 19, 2012 offering a collection financial incentive to provide PPP curbside collection to residents. Where these local governments and First Nations also provide multi-family building …
How to Participate in Multi-Material British Columbia’s Collection Financial Incentives Meeting and Webcast on Friday, June 7, 2013 We welcome your participation in the Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) Collection Financial Incentives meeting and simultaneous webcast on Friday, June 7, 2013. Timeframe This notice provides the information you need to participate in person or by webcast. 9:30 …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) received approval from the BC Ministry of Environment for itsPackaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan (April 8, 2013) on April 15, 2013. Implementation of the plan is now underway. A key component of MMBC’s PPP Stewardship Plan is the offer of financial incentives to: local governments for curbside collection of packaging …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) received approval from the BC Ministry of Environment for its Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan (April 8, 2013) on April 15, 2013. Implementation of the plan is now underway. As a key component of the PPP Stewardship Plan, MMBC developed the concept of collection financial incentives (also referred to as …
BC’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) has informed Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) that it has approved the Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan dated April 8, 2013. The approval notification, signed by the Director of Waste Management, Environmental Standards Branch, arrived by letter dated April 15, 2013. MMBC Next Steps With approval of the PPP …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) submitted an updated Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan to the BC Ministry of Environment (MOE) on April 9, 2013. PPP Stewardship Plan submitted April 9, 2013 MMBC originally submitted the plan on November 19, 2012, as required under the BC Recycling Regulation and updated and resubmitted it on February …
The previous blog, posted on March 25, itemized activities undertaken by Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) to prepare for implementation of the Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan and described activities that MMBC would implement following approval of the PPP Stewardship Plan by the MOE. As MMBC will not be proceeding to procurement of services …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) would like to thank you for attending the recent Information Session for BC Businesses that took place in Vancouver and Toronto on March 5 and 7 respectively. If you operate a business that sells products in packaging and/or printed paper (PPP) to residents in BC, the information provided at these sessions …
As we wait for a decision from the Ministry of Environment (MOE) on the Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan, stakeholders have been asking What’s happening? and What happens next? What’s happening? Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) continues to dialogue with local government staff, committees, councils and boards as well as private companies and not-for-profit …
Within a few days, visitors to the Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) website will be greeted with an entirely new look. The new website graphic design and layout will be different but you will get there the same way you always have,www.multimaterialbc.ca, and you will find the information about MMBC organized for easy access. The major sectors …
Within the next week, Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) will transition to a new website with a completely new look. Though you’ll get there exactly the way you always have, www.multimaterialbc.ca, you’ll find that the way you navigate around the website has been changed to be ready for implementation of the Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) …
Local governments track the quantity of packaging and printed paper (PPP) they collect from their residents in order to track progress towards their waste diversion goals and the objectives set out in regional solid waste management plans. Local governments often also track their progress by sampling the garbage stream to identify the quantity of the …
In order to understand the current state of recycling services in multi-family buildings (e.g. apartments and condominiums), Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC), working in co-operation with the BC Apartment Owners & Managers Association, the BC Non Profit Housing Association and the Professional Association of Managing Agents, distributed surveys to approximately 2,500 owners and operators of multi-family …
