SINGLE-USE BATTERY RECYCLING IN ONTARIO

June 23, 2015

Context: Ontario

• 1,076,395 km2

• 13.6 million people • 38.5% of Canada’s pop

• Of these: • 6 million (almost half) in Toronto

area (GTA) • 8.8 million in Golden Horseshoe

Sources; http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/economy/ecupdates/factsheet.html http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-201-x/2013000/t003-eng.htm

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Urban, rural, northern and wine country…

Who is WDO?

• Created in 2002 as a non-Crown corporation by the Ontario government under the Waste Diversion Act

• Not-for-profit organization that oversees Ontario’s recycling programs for “designated waste”, which is waste material defined in law through regulations by the Minister of the Environment & Climate Change

• 100% industry-funded by “Industry Funding Organizations” (IFOs) and an “Industry Stewardship Organization” (ISO) through steward fees, which are paid by “stewards” to the IFOs and ISO to manage the recycling of their designated waste o A “steward” is a company that is, for example, the first importer, brand owner or

manufacturer of a product or packaging that becomes designated waste

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Which programs/plan do we oversee? Programs/Industry Stewardship Plan IFOs/ISO

(Fund & Operate)

Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste* Stewardship Ontario

Blue Box Stewardship Ontario

Used Tires Ontario Tire Stewardship

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Ontario Electronic Stewardship

Paint Industry Stewardship Plan (June 30)

Product Care Association

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Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program

Includes the following materials:

Single-use batteries (e.g., AAs & watch batteries)

Paint & coatings (program operator changing June 30, 2015 )

Solvents (paint thinners, strippers, degreasers & others)

Vehicle engine antifreeze/coolant

Fertilizers

Pesticides

Empty oil containers

Oil filters

Pressurized cylinders that held propane, oxygen, helium, or other gases

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MHSW Program Governance

• Waste Diversion Act (2002)

• Provides WDO mandate and obligations to Minister and public

• Provides IFO obligations to WDO, the Minister and public

• Ontario Regulation 542/06 (MHSW)

• Designates materials (Minister requests program from master list)

• Defines SO as the IFO responsible for MHSW

• Outlines cost recovery methodology (calculation for steward fees)

• Ontario Regulation 33/08 (Stewardship Ontario)

• Includes requirements for SO’s Board of Directors

• Outlines sections of the Corporations Act that apply to SO

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MHSW Program Governance

• Program Plan • Approved by WDO and then by the Minister

• “Material” components of the Program Plan require Minister’s approval

• e.g., targets, definition of steward, definition of the material

• Single-use battery 2015 targets in Program Plan

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Target type 2015 Targets

Collection 40%

Recycling efficiency 80% alkaline, zinc air, zinc carbon 37% lithium, silver oxide 76% weighted average

Recycled 30%

Stewardship Ontario’s Orange Drop Program

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Orange Drop for Single-use Batteries

• Municipal collection

• Depots (permanent or seasonal)

• Events (one-day & seasonal)

• Curbside collection (agreement with a transporter or become a transporter)

• Return-to-retail (agreement between transporter and SO)

• Battery Incentive Program

• Focus is on public-facing sites

• Not meant to interfere with R2R contacts

• Approved transporters and processors are paid an incentive to source eligible batteries

• TI – varies by zone ($1.36-$3.44/kg)

• PI – $1.24/kg (including 30 cents for sorting)

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For more information: http://stewardshipontario.ca/service-providers-municipalities-orange-drop/battery-incentive-program/ Curbside collection: http://stewardshipontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Curbside-Battery-Collection-Program-Guidebook.pdf

2014 Performance Single-Use Batteries

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Target Type Target Results

Collection 2,588 tonnes

35%

1,754 tonnes

24%

Recycled 1,976 tonnes

27%

1,508 tonnes

20%

RE 80%

37%

76% weighted

average

1 approved

processor for all

types

3 approved

processors for

lithium only

Orange Drop – Single-use Batteries

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Other 2014 stats:

Collection Sites 4,354

Municipal Depots 89

Municipal Events 331

Program costs $6,326,783

Cost per tonne for

batteries collected

$2,444

Stewardship Ontario Contact Information

If you have questions about the operations of the Orange Drop program, please contact:

Alastair Harris-Cartwright

Communications and Stakeholder Relations

416-323-0101, ext. 184

aharris-cartwright@stewardshipontario.ca

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Thank you.

Jodi Tomchyshyn London Manager of Policy & Planning

jodilondon@wdo.ca

www.wdo.ca