Registration is now open for the EPR Registration Process Webinar hosted by the RMA and ARMA on October 11
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is designed to shift the physical and financial burden of collecting, sorting, processing, and recycling waste away from municipalities and taxpayers and onto producers. This system is operating in provinces across the Canada and implementation is now making its way to Alberta. This transition will have significant impacts on municipalities across the province and will require municipalities to take certain actions in the coming months and years.
The Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA) is the oversight body for EPR in Alberta and will be the point of contact for the registration process. Municipalities are encouraged to register through ARMA Connect, to start the conversation around passing off the physical and financial responsibility of collecting, processing, and recycling materials from the municipality to a Producer Responsibility Organization.
To better understand the next steps for this registration processes, the RMA is hosting an EPR Registration Process Webinar for rural municipalities. All municipal administrative staff that will be part of the registration process are encouraged to register for this webinar on October 11, 2023, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. While the webinar will be most valuable for those leading their municipality’s waste management processes, all interested staff and elected officials are welcome to participate.
This webinar will include information from:
- Ed Gugenheimer, Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA)
- Gabrielle Betts, Executive Director of EPR with ARMA
- Allan Langdon, Chief Executive Officer with Circular Materials
- Richard Hodges, Program Manager with Product Care Recycling
- Jaclyn Schmidt, Executive Director of Water and Waste Policy with Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Please follow this link to register: EPR Registration Process Webinar
Further information on EPR can be found through the EPR Regulatory Framework, the Government of Alberta website, and the ARMA website.
Kallie Wischoff
Policy Advisor
825.319.2245
kallie@RMAlberta.com
Wyatt Skovron
Manager of Policy & Advocacy
780.955.4096
wyatt@RMAlberta.com