Introduction Brief
Encorp Pacific is conducting public consultation on the DRAFT Beverage Stewardship Plan 2020-2024 as required under Section 6 of the Recycling Regulation. Input on the plan will be welcomed starting July 15, 2020 - September 15, 2020
Background
Better known as Return-It, Encorp is pleased to release our Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program plan for public consultation, pursuant to the requirements of the BC Recycling Regulation (“Regulation”) under the Environmental Management Act which sets out the requirements for extended producer responsibility including the requirement for Extended Producer Responsibility plans. This Stewardship Plan will replace Encorp’s previous Stewardship Plan which was approved by the Ministry on November 20, 2014, and originally approved on July 19, 2007.
Plan History
Encorp’s plan, approved by the Ministry in 2007, had been renewed in 2014 & 2017 with no changes.
Encorp undertook a comprehensive consultation process on the performance targets for the five (5) year period starting 2019. However, due to recent regulatory changes initiated by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (MOECCS) in late 2019, Encorp has updated the Stewardship Plan to reflect the regulatory changes and will now conduct another full public consultation in 2020.
For your reference the regulatory changes can be found here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/waste-management/recycling/product-stewardship/packaging-and-paper-product
Encorp's revised Stewardship Plan and other reference documents are available on the right side of this page. We have provided pdf documents and reference material for download or viewing purposes.
Consultation
We invited input and comments for the 62 days between July 15 and September 15, 2020.
A full report of the consultation process, input provided by stakeholders and responses will be included in the appendix and published on the Return-It website once completed.
Encorp thanks everyone that participated in the consultation process, we are now reviewing all input.