An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)
Bill C-393 was a Liberal Private Member's Bill amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33) to add electronic waste (e-waste) categories to the federal toxic-substances regulatory framework. Canadians discard approximately 750,000 tonnes of e-waste annually per Environment and Climate Change Canada data, with only about 20 percent properly recycled. The bill paralleled provincial Extended Producer Responsibility frameworks for e-waste (BC's RPRA equivalent, Ontario's RPRA Act 2016, Quebec's Bill 30 of 2022). The 2024 federal Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (overturned by FCA in 2023 FC 1511) had been the most prominent recent CEPA addition. Did not pass second reading.
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Would add electronic waste to the toxic-substances rules under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and require a national e-waste recycling program with producer responsibility. Canadians throw out about 750,000 tonnes of e-waste a year, only a fifth recycled. A Liberal private member's bill; it did not pass second reading.
Issues this bill touches
- Climate & Environment
Establishes a national electronic-products recycling program under CEPA with extended producer responsibility.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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