While BC is one of the leading jurisdictions in North America for recycling, it has much work to do to reduce the amount of waste it produces. A Zero Waste Agenda for BC is a new report that outlines many possibilities for policy solutions to move the province toward zero waste by 2040. Areas like single-use plastics and construction and demolition produce large amounts of waste and should be a focus of government action to make significant reductions.
Read this report about the state of waste in BC and bold policy solutions that could be adopted to dramatically reduce the amount of waste produced.
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