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Ontario’s transition to EPR nears one-year milestone
July 1, 2024, will mark the one-year milestone since Circular Materials kick-started Ontario’s transition to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper material.
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Circular Materials is a producer responsibility organization (PRO) committed to supporting producers in meeting their recycling regulation requirements. We design recycling systems that advance innovation, deliver improved environmental outcomes and harness competitive procurement to unlock value for our producer members.
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We are a national not-for-profit producer responsibility organization that represents the evolution to a more circular economy where materials are collected, recycled and returned to producers for use as recycled content in new products and packaging.
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Extended producer responsibility
Extended producer responsibility, or EPR, is a policy approach in which producers – the businesses that supply packaging and paper – are responsible for the end-of-life management of their materials.
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Our full-service offerings support producers to meet extended producer responsibility regulation requirements, including collection, management, promotion and education, and reporting.
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Circular Materials administers residential packaging and packaging recycling programs in New Brunswick and Ontario.
Alberta
Learn moreAlberta’s transition to Extended Producer Responsibility starts on April 1, 2025. Find more information about this change.
New Brunswick
Learn moreRecycling programs began the shift to the new framework on November 1, 2023.
Nova Scotia
Learn moreThe transition to the new recycling framework will take place on December 1, 2025.
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New Brunswick’s transition to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper expands across province
Learn moreOn May 1, 2024, Circular Materials, a national not-for-profit producer-led organization, joined Recycle NB and the Department of Environment and Local Government at the Capital Regional Service Commission to celebrate the expanded transition to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper products in New Brunswick.
Circular Materials Partners with Éco Enterprises Québec and Recycle BC to drive Plastic Packaging Recycling Innovation in Canada
Learn moreCircular Materials, in partnership with Éco Enterprises Québec (EEQ) and Recycle BC, are extending a global invitation for innovators to present plastic packaging sorting and recycling technology solutions to assist in significantly increasing plastic packaging recycling rates in Canada. As of 2022 the Canada Plastics Pact estimated that the Canadian recycling rate for flexible plastic…
Circular Materials and EEQ lead INC-4 Panel on the Role of EPR in Creating a Circular Economy for Plastics
Learn moreOn Wednesday, April 24, Circular Materials and Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) led a producer panel on the role of extended producer responsibility (EPR) in creating a circular economy for plastics in Canada at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee’s (INC-4’s) Plastic Action Zone. Circular Materials and ÉEQ were joined by some of the largest producers to…
