Have you seen our new spring advertising campaign yet? We are calling it the Second Life campaign, and it includes television, online, radio, and print elements. The campaign went live on April 13, which includes: television ad running on BC Global stations online display ads appearing on several popular sites and in search advertising print …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, April 1, 2015—Starting today, Terrace and area residents can take their packaging and printed paper recyclables to Do Your Part Recycling, without charge, as it joins the Multi-Material BC (MMBC) network of nearly 200 depots. Do Your Part Recycling, located at 3220 River Drive in Terrace, accepts all materials in MMBC’s …
In December 2014, Multi-Material BC (MMBC) was announced as an official sponsor of the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, BC. MMBC is providing 550 receptacles to be used to collect recycling between February 13 and March 1. After the games, the receptacles will be provided to Emterra Environmental to use to collect recycling …
The Multi-Material BC (MMBC) packaging and printed paper program is the first program of its kind in Canada. That is, ours is the first program in Canada that is financed entirely through stewards (the companies that supply packaging and printed paper to BC residents). Our program is also the first packaging and printed paper recycling …
Vancouver, January 2, 2015—Starting today, curbside and multi-family recycling collection in City of Langley will be managed directly by Multi-Material BC (MMBC) on behalf of businesses that supply packaging and printed paper to residents. MMBC, through its collector Emterra Environmental, will collect those materials for recycling from single-family and multi-family households in the City of …
Vancouver, January 2, 2015—As of January 1, curbside recycling in Revelstoke is managed directly by Multi-Material BC (MMBC) on behalf of businesses that supply packaging and printed paper to residents. MMBC, through Bresco Industries, will collect those materials for recycling from single-family households in Revelstoke. MMBC is a BC-based non-profit organization that officially assumed responsibility …
National Voluntary Steward Policy Download the Voluntary Steward Agreement In our efforts to bring further harmonization to packaging and printed paper stewardship programs, CSSA has developed a single Voluntary Steward Policy and approval process for its family of packaging and printed paper programs. Background What is a voluntary steward? A voluntary steward is a non-resident …
Two closely-related questions that Multi-Material BC (MMBC) receives are “Where does my recycling go?” and “When does MMBC have to report on its program?” The Recycling Regulation, which is the reason why MMBC exists, specifies that a stewardship program, such as MMBC, must issue a public report annually (by July 1) that describes the previous …
Multi-Material BC (MMBC) is registered as a non-profit organization under BC’s Society Act, which specifically prohibits non-profit organizations from “carrying on a business, trade, industry or profession for profit or gain”. This means that for us to maintain our status as a non-profit organization, MMBC cannot—and does not—operate with the intention of making a profit. …
Multi-Material BC (MMBC) wants all packaging and printed paper supplied to BC residents to be collected and recycled. This is a long-term, aspirational goal, but there are steps that we are taking now to move towards it. One way we do this is through the fees that stewards—the companies that produce or supply packaging and …
