The present Regulations are made under the Environment Management and Protection Act, 2010. In particular, provide for waste management of agricultural packaging waste. At the outset the Regulations contains a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed, such as “agricultural packaging product”, “waste agricultural packaging products”, “product stewardship program”. Section 5 establishes that the Minister shall not approve a product stewardship program unless the program description set out in the application: a) contains details of the management structure of the program; b) provides details respecting: i) the creation of an advisory committee to the operator of the product stewardship program; ii) the role of the advisory committee in relation to the operation of the program; and iii) the manner in which Saskatchewan interests will be represented on the advisory committee; and c) provides details respecting: (i) how waste agricultural packaging products will be collected in all areas of Saskatchewan; (ii) recycling options for waste agricultural packaging products, listed in descending order of preference; (iii) the policies and procedures to be followed by any person processing waste agricultural packaging products collected pursuant to the program; iv) how the program will be funded; v) the quality control and assurance aspects of the program, including tracking and auditing mechanisms; and (vi) the public education or public awareness and communication strategy for the program. The text consists of 10 sections as follows: Title (1); Interpretation (2); Prescribed product (3); Product stewardship program required (4); Approval to operate product stewardship program (5); Changes to product stewardship program (6); Amendment, suspension or cancellation of approvals (7); Annual reporting (8); Transitional (9); Coming into force (10).
Canada · 2016-01-01