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and human resources to meet these obligations and typi- cally set up internal systems to help track their packaging, and they use the EPR fees to budget their costs each year, she said. The goal of EPR is to shift the financial burden from mu- nicipalities who have historically operated residential re- cycling programs, to producers, while improving recycling performance and encouraging better packaging design. What EPR Looks Like In Canada In Canada, historically, most provinces operated under a municipal cost share model, where producers helped fund a portion or sometimes all of municipal recycling costs. In that setup, municipalities were the designated service providers, managing and operating the recycling programs themselves. The exception is British Columbia, which has been operating under a full EPR model since its inception in 2014, where producers have been 100 percent financially and operationally responsible for the program. “But for all other provinces, the country is in the midst of major transition as we move toward true EPR,” Kagan said. “In many ways, EPR for residential packaging recy- cling is in its infancy in Canada. EPR is meant to do more than just transfer costs. It’s meant to drive better design and better outcomes. It should reward packaging that’s more recyclable. It’s also meant to improve how the sys- tem performs with higher recycling rates, less contamina- tion, and more consistent programs.” Ultimately, she said, the goal of EPR is a functioning circular economy where materials stay in use, similar to paper packaging’s long-established and successful circu- lar economy. The paper packaging industry was built on circularity, designing products to be used, reused, and re- cycled again and again. “For our industry, environmental sustainability isn’t new. It’s an inherent part of our business model. For decades, our industry has relied on recycled content as its prima- ry feedstock, not driven by regulation, not driven by APR fees, but because it makes business and environmental Using recovered paper fibers as feedstock keeps valu- able resources in circulation and reduces the need for vir- gin materials. The basis of EPR is to influence packaging through fees, which are supposed to reflect recyclability and are meant to be used as price signals for packaging decision makers. sense. And it’s been that way for decades.” Implementing Fees To Drive Recyclability In theory, better performing materials should have low- er fees, but Kagan suggests that is not always the case. Comparing EPR fees for paper packaging, corrugated and boxboard with PET plastic packaging across several Cana- dian provinces demonstrates that fees vary widely. While paper generally has lower fees than PET, the inconsisten- cy across provinces means producers don’t yet get a clear
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