Canada: Waste Management

Québec's government has introduced a comprehensive draft regulation to modernize its hazardous materials management framework, marking the first major overhaul since the late 1990s. The reform introduces five key focus areas including enhanced traceability systems, new disposal charges, clearer rules for accidental releases, refined regulatory standards, and more stringent requirements for disposal sites. These changes aim to strengthen accountability across the hazardous materials management chain whi

Environmental laws impose strict obligations to prevent, report, and control discharges and releases, appropriately manage and dispose of waste, and protect wildlife.

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has proposed significant amendments to its extended producer responsibility regulations that would impose stricter collection timelines, expand call-in requirements...

Environment Canada has announced that all reporting requirements for Phases 2 and 3 of Canada's Federal Plastics Registry, initially set for September 29, 2026 and September 29, 2027, respectively, are delayed to a yet to be determined date.

Le 19 décembre 2025, Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (« ECCC ») a annoncé des modifications prévues aux exigences en matière de déclaration...

Le Registre fédéral sur les plastiques du Canada (le « Registre ») amorce sa phase 2, ce qui entraîne des obligations de déclaration accrues pour les producteurs de produits en plastique.

The Notice with respect to reporting of plastic resins and certain plastic products for the Federal Plastics Registry for 2024, 2025 and 2026 (the "Notice") was published, in the Canadian Gazette on April 20, 2024.

The concept of extended producer responsibility, or EPR, which makes producers responsible for their products along the entire lifecycle, including at the post-consumer stage...

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada released the Guide for Reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1 (the Guide).