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 …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) submitted a Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan to the Ministry of Environment (MOE) on November 19, 2012, as required by the Recycling Regulation. MMBC continued to receive comments on the PPP Stewardship Plan until December 14, 2012. MMBC has updated the November 19, 2012 PPP Stewardship Plan to clarify aspects that …
BC Businesses Must Take Action Now to Comply with BC’s Recycling Regulation Important Reminder Your business received previous notice(s) advising that the BC Recycling Regulation required businesses that supply packaged goods or printed-paper in BC were required to file their own stewardship plans for these materials or join an organization that had developed a stewardship …
Learn More About the BC Recycling Regulation and how it Impacts Your Business As indicated in an earlier notice, MMBC is hosting information sessions, one on Tuesday, March 5 in Vancouver and another on Thursday, March 7 in Toronto. These meetings will provide important information about how the recent changes to the BC Recycling Regulation may affect …
MMBC Member List Available by Request The list of MMBC members is only made available to current members who are in good standing (i.e. those who have signed a membership agreement and submitted a report). This list includes all resident members and voluntary members reporting for BC in 2014. To request a list, email stewards@multimaterialbc.ca …
On January 18, 2013, Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) released a request for expressions of interest (REOI) for post-collection services. MMBC is seeking to understand, through responses to the REOI, the capability and capacity of the available post-collection services. MMBC will consider the information provided in the responses when preparing a request for proposals to provide …
Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) invites you to attend an Information Session for BC Businesses Learn More About the BC Recycling Regulation and how it Impacts Your Business As a business that sells products with packaging and/or printed paper (PPP) to residents in the Province of British Columbia, recent changes to the BC Recycling Regulation may …
MMBC has been working to update the Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan to clarify aspects that were the focus of comments submitted by stakeholders by the December 14, 2012 submission deadline and to clarify how the plan addresses requirements of the Recycling Regulation in response to questions posed by the Ministry of Environment …
Glass containers used by BC residents are collected for recycling in a number of collection systems: Deposit glass containers are delivered by residents to ReturnIt depots; Non-deposit glass containers are either: Placed by residents into curbside PPP collection systems in those jurisdictions where glass is accepted; or Delivered by residents to PPP recycling depots. Multi-Material British Columbia …
Since posting the Draft Updated List of PPP to be Collected under the PPP Stewardship Plan, we have received questions about some of the terms used in the list. Based on the similarity among the questions, it would appear some of the terms are not familiar to all stakeholders. Wet Strength Boxboard Commonly used in …
The Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) Stewardship Plan sets out Multi-Material British Columbia’s (MMBC) aspiration to have all PPP supplied into BC households effectively collected and recycled. MMBC is proposing a practical approach to achieve this objective by first expanding the existing collection system to accommodate a uniform province-wide list of PPP materials. Subsequently, the …
