Canada’s recycling industry is on life-support. How is BC faring?

While municipalities large and small grapple with the new reality that the recycling industry is on a kind of life-support, the situation in BC is starkly different.

We’re actually accepting more, not fewer, items in the bluebin – and we have local markets for all of our plastic. BC is unlike anywhere else in North America: the people who make and sell products are responsible for running the recycling system. It’s led to innovation and according to some, higher recycling rates. Countless other towns are saying they want the same thing – but will the Feds step in with bold moves to restrict packaging that’s never recyclable in the first place?

Guest: John Coyne

Board Chair of Recycle BC

While municipalities large and small grapple with the new reality that the recycling industry is on a kind of life-support, the situation in BC is starkly different.

We’re actually accepting more, not fewer, items in the bluebin – and we have local markets for all of our plastic. BC is unlike anywhere else in North America: the people who make and sell products are responsible for running the recycling system. It’s led to innovation and according to some, higher recycling rates. Countless other towns are saying they want the same thing – but will the Feds step in with bold moves to restrict packaging that’s never recyclable in the first place?

Guest: John Coyne

Board Chair of Recycle BC