Ministry Regulation & Funding Announcements 2023

Solid Waste Regulatory Changes

We will gather general links and then will build out several sections in this Resource Library for all regulatory information.

BC Recycling Regulation: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/crbc/crbc/449_2004_pit_2020_06_29/search/CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ROOT_STEM:(amended)%20AND%20CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ANCESTORS:03053?20#hit1

Orders in Council

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/oic_cur/0642_2023

effective December 20, 2023, the Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation, B.C. Reg. 186/23, is repealed; (b) effective December 20, 2023, the attached Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation is made and comes into force as follows: (i) Parts 1 and 4, except section 11, are brought into force on December 20, 2023; (ii) Parts 2 and 3 and section 11 are brought into force on July 15, 2024.

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/oic_cur/0653_2023

Section 1 (1) of the Recycling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 449/2004, is amended by adding the following definitions: “cannabis product” has the same meaning as in section 1 (2) of the Cannabis Regulations (Canada); “distributor”, in relation to liquor, has the same meaning as in section 1 (1) of the Liquor Distribution Act; “liquor” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Liquor Control and Licensing Act; […]