Who pays for recycling in Nova Scotia is set to change
Province moving to extended producer responsibility model by end of year
Recycling is changing in Nova Scotia, but it won’t mean adjusting how you put your blue bags on the curb.
The province is switching to extended producer responsibility, or EPR — a policy shift that puts the responsibility for recycling materials on the producers that make them.
Right now, recycling programs in Nova Scotia are funded by municipalities, which means taxpayers cover some of the cost.
But the shift to EPR later this year means the “producers” of packaging, paper and single-use products, including the brand holders, importers and retailers of those materials, will be the ones to pony up the cash to recycle them.
As a part of the new measures, producers in the private sector were required to register with the not-for-profit recycling corporation Divert N.S. by January 2024. …[Continue Reading]