Latest Programs
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PVC Stewardship Program
To us at the Vinyl Council of Australia (VCA), Product Stewardship means “the shared management of the health, safety and environmental aspects of PVC products through their life cycle” . The aim of the Australian PVC Industry’s Product Stewardship Program (the Program) is to enable raw material suppliers, products manufacturers and distributors to be joint…
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Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Project
Australia’s Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Project provides a national scheme for unwanted and out-of-date medicines to be collected by community pharmacies and disposed of by high temperature incineration, which is the EPA-approved method of disposal. The RUM Project initiative represents a “world first” in the management and removal of unwanted and out-of-date medicines. Community pharmacies…
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EPRA Nova Scotia
The Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) is the national organization tasked with promoting and managing end-of-life electronics recycling in Canada. EPRA is an industry-led, voluntary, not-for-profit, environmental compliance program dedicated to responsible recycling of end-of-life electronics and providing secure, convenient recycling options in the provinces in which it operates. EPRA is currently operating regulated programs…
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EPRA PEI
The Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) is the national organization tasked with promoting and managing end-of-life electronics recycling in Canada. EPRA is an industry-led, voluntary, not-for-profit, environmental compliance program dedicated to responsible recycling of end-of-life electronics and providing secure, convenient recycling options in the provinces in which it operates. EPRA is currently operating regulated programs…
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EPRA Newfoundland & Labrador
The Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) is the national organization tasked with promoting and managing end-of-life electronics recycling in Canada. EPRA is an industry-led, voluntary, not-for-profit, environmental compliance program dedicated to responsible recycling of end-of-life electronics and providing secure, convenient recycling options in the provinces in which it operates. EPRA is currently operating regulated programs…
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BEBAT (Fund for the Collection of Batteries)
BEBAT was established in 1995 to gain an exemption from the Belgium government’s eco-tax. It became operational in 1996. The program is financed by a fee charged per battery on the market (€0.1239), which is set by the Government. Around 20,000 retail collection points have been established. The eco-tax law (1993) has an exemption for…
