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Canada – British Columbia launches industry-led E-waste programme

The Electronics Stewardship Association of British Columbia (BC) has launched a province-wide electronics stewardship programme. Globe-Net reports that Encorp Pacific has been contracted to deliver the new industry-led programme, which is built upon enhanced provincial recycling regulations. Encorp will collect and recycle computers, monitors, desktop printers and TVs. ESABC represents …

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Canada – Ontario seeks energy from landfills

Ontario has proposed amending an existing regulation that will make it mandatory for new, expanding and existing operating landfills larger than 1.5 million cubic metres to install a system to capture methane. Globe-net reports that the proposal received support from the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA), landfill-gas capture firm Integrated …

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