COVID-19 Information

CWMA will continue to compile and update information, links, and guidance documents to help our members navigate and manage during COVID-19. We will continue to send information out weekly but will also post anything we feel will be of value to our members and the industry on this web space so keep checking back.

BC’s Restart Plan

BC Environmental Protection & Sustainability: waste management

BC Environmental Protection & Sustainability: waste-management/covid-19-response

BC Centre for Disease Control Signage and posters are available

BC COVID-19 Case Information

LOCAL RESOURCES

HealthLink BC: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-feature/coronavirus-disease-covid-19
BC GOV: COVID-19 response update
BC Provincial Support: COVID-19 Provincial Support and Information
BC Government Calling all Suppliers: BC Supply Hub
BC Environmental Protection & Sustainability: waste management
BC Environmental Protection & Sustainability: waste-management/covid-19-response
Worksafe BC: What employers should do
Worksafe BC: COVID for Transportation including Waste
Recycling Council of British Columbia: COVID-19 Waste & Recycling Info Update
SWANA Pacific & BC: COVID-19 Guidance & Information for the Waste Industry | Update Ongoing
Waste Management Assoc. of BC: COVID-19 Guidance for Waste Worker Safety | Updated April 6
BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC): Employers & Businesses
BCTA: NO Self-Isolation Plans Required from Truck Drivers
Trucking Safety Council: COVID-19 Information
RCBC & Policy Integrity Inc: data collection assistance required to Understand the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on waste generation and management

STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS

NATIONAL RESOURCES

Guidance on Essential Services and Functions in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/crtcl-nfrstrctr/esf-sfe-en.aspx
Health Canada Covid-19 Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html
Canadian Association of Recycling Industries: Safety Checklist for Recycling Operations
Canadian Trucking Alliance: COVID-19 Daily Bulletins & Guidance Tips
Conference Board of Canada: Advice for employers dealing with COVID-19
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety: https://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/health/pandemics/
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety:
Telework and Home Office Health and Safety Guide
Canada: Risk-informed decision-making guidelines for workplaces
Employers and business owners can use this document to consider risks associated with their workplace/business, the implementation of risk mitigation strategies, and in consultation with local public health authorities (PHA) regarding decisions to close workplaces. PHA can use this tool to support decision-making about workplaces/businesses in their jurisdictions.

USA RESOURCES

GLOBAL RESOURCES

International Solid Waste Association COVID-19 Response: International knowledge sharing on Waste Management
Summary of observed trends regarding municipal waste management during the COVID-19 https://www.acrplus.org/en/municipal-waste-management-covid-19
World Health Organization Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19
https://www.who.int/publications-detail/water-sanitation-hygiene-and-waste-management-for-covid-19
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)

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Canada – Government of Canada Launches updated PPE Supply Hub

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/services/buying-selling-personal-protective-equipment-covid-19-overview.html

Feds unveil new COVID-19 stream for provincial infrastructure program

BC and Federal Government information:

About the Investing in Canada plan | Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program BC

Geotab launches Commercial Transportation COVID Recovery Dashboard