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Non-profit Multi-Material BC to ensure 1.25 million residents can recycle more than ever before VANCOUVER, May 19, 2014 /CNW/ – Starting this week, Multi-Material BC (MMBC), a BC-based non-profit, officially assumed responsibility for financing and delivering recycling services for packaging and printed paper across the province.  MMBC is responding on behalf of more than 900 …

A recent editorial published in several newspapers over the last few weeks argued that the B.C. Auditor General should have jurisdiction over the Multi-Material B.C. (MMBC) program, claiming that MMBC, for all intents and purposes, is a government organization in receipt of public money. This argument doesn’t hold up.  Here are three reasons why MMBC …

On May 5th, The Nanaimo Daily News published a story linking MMBC to plans for waste-to-energy facilities in Metro Vancouver.  Articles covering the same topic have run in The Coast Reporter during the month of April and have come up in meetings with regional districts and municipalities. Given MMBC’s strong commitment to recycling and to …

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The Multi-Material BC B.C. Advisory Committee includes local stakeholders involved in MMBC’s packaging and printed paper stewardship program. The committee serve as a forum through which B.C. stakeholders with an interest in the success and performance of MMBC’s program are kept informed about program developments and through which they can be consulted for advice and feedback. …