Letter Writing Campaign
Join the campaign to modernize Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework!
AUMA encourages municipalities to join its letter-writing campaign calling for MLAs to champion an update to Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework.
In 2013, public consultations held by the Government of Alberta showed strong municipal support for the expansion of Alberta’s electronics, tires, paint, and used oil recycling programs, and for regulatory changes that offer these programs the flexibility to keep pace with the cost of maintaining them.
Alberta Environment and Parks will transfer the Alberta Used Oil Management Association (AUOMA) to the Alberta Recycling Management Authority effective October 1, 2018. The recent amendment did not look at the financing of the program, and AUMA is concerned that this will result in further downloading of this provincial responsibility onto municipalities.
AUMA has also called for further amendments to Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework including looking at expanding existing tire, electronic and paint recycling programs. Municipalities have long called for the Government of Alberta to work with municipalities on a more comprehensive approach to reducing waste, including enacting Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations for paper and packaging materials and having a policy on emerging waste such as agricultural plastics.
To date, the recent amendments addressed none of these.
AUMA has developed a letter template municipalities can download and adapt to send to their MLAs outlining the need for provincial action to improve waste management in Alberta. A background document is available for further information.
How do we reduce waste?
AUMA has adopted a three 3Rs hierarchy approach to waste management: reduce, reuse, recycle. When the 3Rs have been exhausted, recovery and disposal lie at the bottom of the hierarchy as last resorts. Click on the words in the pyramid to read more about each, including the role of municipalities and promising practices.
Municipalities are increasingly collaborating to provide services to their residents and waste management is no exception. For example, the Capital Region Waste Minimization Advisory Committee (CRWMAC) provides a forum for all municipalities in the Capital Region area to share information and implement joint waste minimization strategies and solutions. Its Terms of Reference sets out a vision for the region to be a leader in waste minimization that strives to achieve greater than 80 per cent waste diversion.
The CRWMAC has developed the Capital Region Integrated Waste Management Plan (CRIWMP) to evaluate the “how to” and feasibility of achieving the target of diverting 80 per cent of waste. Documents related to the plan include the following:
- Memo on review of program implementation
- CRIWMP Assessment Tables
- CRIWMP Resource Planning Tables
- CRIWMP Program Summary
- CRIWMP Implementation Schedule
If you are not for zero waste, how much waste are you for?
Overall, waste reduction leading to Zero Waste is the end goal and philosophy behind our solid waste management strategy.
“Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.” Zero Waste International Alliance
Find out how to move Towards Zero Waste.
Alberta has a long way to go to achieve this vision. Although municipalities across the province have implemented successful local recycling programs, Alberta is the most wasteful province in Canada. This poor result is partially due to Alberta’s outdated recycling regulations, some of which have not been updated since 1997.
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Letter Writing Campaign
Join the campaign to modernize Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework!
AUMA encourages municipalities to join its letter-writing campaign calling for MLAs to champion an update to Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework.
In 2013, public consultations held by the Government of Alberta showed strong municipal support for the expansion of Alberta’s electronics, tires, paint, and used oil recycling programs, and for regulatory changes that offer these programs the flexibility to keep pace with the cost of maintaining them.
Alberta Environment and Parks will transfer the Alberta Used Oil Management Association (AUOMA) to the Alberta Recycling Management Authority effective October 1, 2018. The recent amendment did not look at the financing of the program, and AUMA is concerned that this will result in further downloading of this provincial responsibility onto municipalities.
AUMA has also called for further amendments to Alberta’s recycling regulatory framework including looking at expanding existing tire, electronic and paint recycling programs. Municipalities have long called for the Government of Alberta to work with municipalities on a more comprehensive approach to reducing waste, including enacting Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations for paper and packaging materials and having a policy on emerging waste such as agricultural plastics.
To date, the recent amendments addressed none of these.
AUMA has developed a letter template municipalities can download and adapt to send to their MLAs outlining the need for provincial action to improve waste management in Alberta. A background document is available for further information.
How do we reduce waste?
AUMA has adopted a three 3Rs hierarchy approach to waste management: reduce, reuse, recycle. When the 3Rs have been exhausted, recovery and disposal lie at the bottom of the hierarchy as last resorts. Click on the words in the pyramid to read more about each, including the role of municipalities and promising practices.
Municipalities are increasingly collaborating to provide services to their residents and waste management is no exception. For example, the Capital Region Waste Minimization Advisory Committee (CRWMAC) provides a forum for all municipalities in the Capital Region area to share information and implement joint waste minimization strategies and solutions. Its Terms of Reference sets out a vision for the region to be a leader in waste minimization that strives to achieve greater than 80 per cent waste diversion.
The CRWMAC has developed the Capital Region Integrated Waste Management Plan (CRIWMP) to evaluate the “how to” and feasibility of achieving the target of diverting 80 per cent of waste. Documents related to the plan include the following:
- Memo on review of program implementation
- CRIWMP Assessment Tables
- CRIWMP Resource Planning Tables
- CRIWMP Program Summary
- CRIWMP Implementation Schedule
If you are not for zero waste, how much waste are you for?
Overall, waste reduction leading to Zero Waste is the end goal and philosophy behind our solid waste management strategy.
“Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.” Zero Waste International Alliance
Find out how to move Towards Zero Waste.
Alberta has a long way to go to achieve this vision. Although municipalities across the province have implemented successful local recycling programs, Alberta is the most wasteful province in Canada. This poor result is partially due to Alberta’s outdated recycling regulations, some of which have not been updated since 1997.
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