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Unless otherwise noted, inquiries regarding the following materials should be made to Environment Canada's National Office of Pollution Prevention by submitting an e-mail message through the "Contact Us" link located at the top of this web page:
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 | Second National EPR Workshop (March 6-8/2002, Winnipeg, MB)
(Environment Canada & Manitoba Ministry of Conservation)
Environment Canada hosted the First National Workshop on EPR in May 1997 in anticipation of the then upcoming OECD December 1997 Workshop on EPR which was held in Ottawa, Ontario. Since the concept and practice of EPR have both matured considerably since 1997, Environment Canada and the Manitoba Ministry of Conservation co-hosted this event to provide a forum for industry, stewardship boards, governments, academics and others to discuss issues that pertain to EPR or product stewardship in Canada.
The objectives of the workshop were threefold:
- To share information and perspectives on Canadian and international EPR Programs, policies and planned initiatives.
- To improve idea-sharing, cooperative approaches and communication on EPR programs to enhance product stewardship responsibilities for designated products or materials in Canada.
- To improve the performance and measurement of existing, planned, and future EPR programs.
A number of resources accompanied this workshop, including a background paper, agenda, series of speaker presentations and final proceedings manual. Complete versions of each of these resources can be acquired at
Manitoba's Ministry of Conservation website.
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 | Assessing When to Implement Extended Producer Responsibility - Report & Workbook
(Environment Canada, January 2002)
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approaches in Canada target a diverse and growing range of post-consumer products. Environment Canada released this report and workbook to provide Canadian government policy officials with a systematic, decision-making process that assists in screening the eligibility of post-consumer products for EPR approaches, and prioritizing the delivery of EPR programs for eligible products.
The Workbook Introduction for this resource may be viewed by clicking on the image to the left of this summary. |
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| Guidance Manual for Establishing, Maintaining and Improving Producer Responsibility Organizations in Canada
(Environment Canada, August 2001)
Industry sectors typically establish arms-length, non-profit Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) or industry stewardship boards to oversee the development, funding and implementation of a collective system for product take-back. This guidance manual provides industry with direction on how to design, govern and refine PROs in Canada. The manual offers guidance and management expertise for a number of issues concerning PRO development (e.g. securing buy-in, governance, business planning, finance and administration, monitoring and reporting), and includes a toolkit containing sample policies and plans and the best management practices of five Canadian PROs.
The Table of Contents for this resource may be viewed by clicking on the image to the left of this summary. |
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 | Extended Producer Responsibility: A Guidance Manual for Governments.
(Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development, October 2000)
Environment Canada has been an active contributor to the Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) EPR Work Programme since 1995. This OECD guidance manual was developed with significant input from OECD-member countries and is intended to make information available to governments on EPR issues and benefits, and on the actions required to establish effective EPR policies and programmes. It does not attempt to prescribe a specific course of action for countries that wish to initiate and EPR program.
Please contact the OECD for any inquiries that pertain to this document. |
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 | Guiding Principles for Packaging Stewardship.
(Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, May 1996)
In 1990, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) endorsed the National Packaging Protocol (NAPP), a voluntary agreement with industry to reduce packaging waste. As part of this effort, the CCME established a National Task Force on Packaging consisting of representatives from government (including Environment Canada), industry and environmental groups. The goal of the Task Group was to reduce the amount of packaging waste disposed by 35 per cent by the end of 1996 and 50 percent by the year 2000 as compared to 1988 levels. The Guiding Principles for Packaging Stewardship identified a general framework for how industry could meet these targets in practice.
The CCME has provided Environment Canada with a copy of this resource which may be viewed in full by clicking on the image to the left of this summary. Please contact the CCME for any inquiries that pertain to this document.
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