{"id":18686,"date":"2018-05-30T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantumlifecycle.com\/staging\/the-resource-recovery-and-circular-economy-act-is-a-game-changer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:47:26","slug":"the-resource-recovery-and-circular-economy-act-is-a-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantumlifecycle.com\/en_CA\/blog\/the-resource-recovery-and-circular-economy-act-is-a-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act is a Game Changer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)<\/a> is spreading and evolving around the world and, with recently passed legislation, Ontario may now be ground zero for a new way of managing WEEE.<\/p>\n

The starting point for this transformation was the passage of the Waste Free Ontario<\/i> Act <\/i>(Bill 151) on June 1, 2016. With a circular economy<\/a> as the eventual goal, Bill 151 is considered ground breaking for several reasons:<\/p>\n