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2019 Annual Report 2019 Annual Report EVOLUTION Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report 2 About Recycle BC Recycle BC is a not-for-profit organization providing residential recycling services to households across British Columbia. It is the only extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging and paper product (PPP) in North America where producers have full responsibility for the financing and operation of the province-wide residential recycling system. In 2019, Recycle BC began implementation of a new five- year plan as the program continues to evolve with enhanced performance, accessibility and reporting capabilities. Table of Contents 3 Program Highlights 5 Message to Stakeholders 7 Program Overview 10 Public Education 14 Supply Chain Network 23 Managing Environmental Impacts 28 Program Performance 40 Financial Statements Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report 2019 Highlights In June 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy approved Recycle BC’s new 3 Program Plan. The Plan was developed in 2017 and 2018 after extensive stakeholder consultation, and outlines how Recycle BC will build on the learning and successes of its first five years of operation. The new Program Plan establishes more ambitious recovery targets, expanded accessibility and reporting enhancements. Approval of the new Plan provides Recycle BC with a mandate to continue to provide best-in-class recycling services to households across BC, while demonstrating how a full EPR system is an effective approach for the management of packaging and paper. Program Performance 237,582 40.5 KG tonnes reported by stewards net collected per capita 207,411 78.2% gross tonnes collected recovery rate* MATERIAL CATEGORY RECOVERY RATE 185,692 net tonnes collected* Paper 83% Plastic 46% Rigid Plastic 56% * Net tonnes collected, recovered and recovery rate reflect the exclusion of tonnes collected by Recycle BC on behalf Flexible Plastic 22% of other stewardship programs Metal 73% Glass 87% Access 98.6% 1,854,681 of households have access households serviced (includes curbside, to depots multi-family and depot collection) 176 COMMUNITIES 4,587,000 benefitting/participating in program population served (includes curbside, (includes curbside and multi-family) multi-family and depot collection) Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report Steward Members 1,186 members 4 Financial Performance $545 cost/tonne $55 cost per household Public Education Social media impressions across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: Pollution Prevention Hierarchy 15,251,831 Awareness of tonnes of material Recycle BC brand: * managed by 187,228 recycling 56% % of those residents who make of collected an effort to recycle: tonnes managed 90.3% by recycling 73% tonnes of material managed by recovery Collection System 8,762 (engineered fuel) 6 COMMUNITIES tonnes of collected onboarded for Recycle BC curbside service in 2019 material managed 14,399 by disposal * Based on audited data of quantities of materials 28 13 shipped, considering prior year-end inventory and regional direct districts service unshipped inventories at year end served areas Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report Message to Stakeholders As this annual report is being written we are in the Five years since its launch, Recycle BC 5 grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is important demonstrates how a full producer responsibility to reflect on our 2019 performance in light of our system provides excellent residential recycling current situation. World events can require us to service with high recovery rates, and also supports reconsider or reorder our priorities and that is investment and innovation to help support certainly the case as 2020 unfolds and our normal responsible financial and environmental results. New patterns of work and life are disrupted. recycling technologies are particularly essential as producers, consumers and governments focus on These unexpected and unprecedented situations addressing our collective concerns about excessive have forced many businesses to close or reduce plastic pollution. operation as part of the effort to preserve the health and safety of our communities. As part of this Regulatory measures aimed at stopping the ongoing effort, Recycle BC has eased payment proliferation of plastic pollution are being introduced terms on steward member fees to provide some by many governments at different levels. Recycle financial assistance. Nevertheless, recycling has BC participated in provincial consultations on four been broadly maintained across the supply chain proposed measures aimed at reducing plastic network and the extraordinary efforts of our partners waste. Local governments across BC also took to keep this essential service operating are gratefully matters into their own hands by implementing bans acknowledged. on a variety of single-use plastics. Recycle BC is prepared and committed to be part of the solution As this challenge has evolved, we are adapting in in effectively managing plastic waste. order to continue the important work of providing recycling services to British Columbians and Measuring Progress creating more circular, sustainable economies for Program Plan packaging and paper. The new approved in 2019 supports these efforts by committing Recycle BC to material- Recycle BC enables residents to manage their specific recovery targets, including targets for household waste in an efficient and effective both rigid and flexible plastics, with continuous manner by providing the most comprehensive improvement as goals are achieved. With strong regional recycling program for packaging and chain of custody processes, Recycle BC can ensure paper in North America. And during the past year, its stakeholders that plastics and other materials we continued to expand our services and engage collected at the curbside and at depots are even further with residents. managed and processed in a responsible manner. Recycling is not just about diverting materials from Additionally, in 2019, collectors began measuring landfill but about recognizing the inherent value and reporting the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the packaging and paper that comes into our associated with their activities. This information households and ensuring this material is captured will provide a deeper understanding of the full and repurposed in cycles of ongoing productive environmental impact of the collection and use and reuse. Recycling relies on every one of us processing of packaging and paper. making intentional and informed choices about how we dispose of every day goods while extracting maximum value from our resources. Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report 6 Building Partnerships Changing the Future Providers of collection and post-collection services The world around us is continuing to change are integral partners in the operation of the recycling at a rapid pace and in unexpected ways. From system. As Recycle BC’s initial contract with its post- preserving our health during a time of crisis, we collection partner approached expiry, an open and should look to maintain our efforts to preserve the fair competitive procurement process was initiated health of our planet. I am encouraged by our ability in 2019. The competitive process concluded in to harness our collective capabilities with new November and Recycle BC looks forward to building technologies, new collaborations and new initiatives, a strong relationship with GFL Environmental Inc., and am confident Recycle BC will continue to be which provides post-collection services as of an integral part of these efforts as expectations and May 2020. requirements change. To obtain further insight into the waste packaging On behalf of myself and the Board of Directors, and paper collected in the recycling stream, Recycle thank you to all those who work with, and contribute BC has partnered with Canadian Stewardship to, Recycle BC’s efforts and recycling leadership. Service Alliance (CSSA) to establish the Centre for Material Intelligence (CMI) in Surrey. CMI is a purpose-built facility designed to enable a more in-depth and detailed examination of material composition and characteristics. This one-of-a-kind facility provides a province-wide view of all materials collected in Recycle BC’s program. The work done at John Coyne, Board Chair CMI is aimed at advancing recycling operations and packaging design and will provide valuable insights to maximizing the value of collected materials. Building recycling relationships and exchanging knowledge with First Nations across BC is an ongoing priority for Recycle BC as we seek more ways to offer participation in the Recycle BC program. We also partner with nine other stewardship organizations in the First Nations Recycling Initiative (FNRI), which offers collective engagement directly with Indigenous communities to support more ease in collection of recyclable items including packaging and paper. A feature at page 16 of this report provides details on these projects and the benefits they are delivering to all parties involved. Recycle BC · 2019 Annual Report Program Overview Recycle BC is a not-for-profit organization delivering In June 2019 the Ministry of Environment and 7 residential recycling services for packaging and Climate Change Strategy approved Recycle paper product (PPP) to 1.85 million households BC’s new five-year Program Plan which builds on across British Columbia. The Recycle BC successes of the inaugural plan developed in 2013, program is financed by steward members (brand and its first five years of operation. The new Recycle owners,
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