Regulations Provision
Topic
Summary • Achieved 65% general awareness (2024).
Part 2, section 8(2)(b)
• OPEIC products were collected through a network of 239 collection sites contracted by the Service Provider. • Consumers could drop off their broken or unwanted EOPE at collection sites at no charge. • As of December 31, 2024, 239 contracted collection sites collected both Regular and Bulky products (Program Products), including electric lawn tractors. • For Program Products, achieved an accessibility rate, as defined by the SABC Standard, of 98%. • 81 collection events were held between January 1 and December 31, 2024. All Program Products 1 were accepted at these events. • Producers maximized the use of materials that can be recycled and reused. • Producers optimized product design to reduce the materials used, reducing product weight, material content, and product volume. • Supply chain initiatives included the use of returnable-reusable packaging for components from suppliers. • Producers seek to reduce water consumption through improved processes. Initiatives include the treatment and reuse of process waste to reduce overall needs. • There is an established market for the resale and reuse of EOPE. • EOPE was collected in the same containers as the Service Provider’s products and fixtures for the BC Lights recycling program. • Combined products were sent to four consolidation points across the province and then onwards to three recyclers. • All three recyclers and processors are certified under the R2 certification program. • Metals and plastics are the primary commodities recovered from EOPE. • The Program accepted all batteries recycled with Program Products. • Processors removed batteries from Program Products and sent them to an RQO-approved battery recycler.
Collection System and Facilities
Part 2, section 8(2)(e)
Product Environmental Impact Reduction, Reusability and Recyclability
Part 2, section 8(2)(d)
Pollution Prevention Hierarchy and Product / Component Management
Part 2, section 8(2)(e)
• Program participants reported 258,156 units of EOPE sold between December 1, 2023, and November 30, 2024.
Product Sold and Collected
1 Program Products are obligated products set out in section 4 of the Program Plan. A list of all Program Products can be found on Recycle electric outdoor power equipment in BC | OPEIC
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