B.C.'s Chambers have applauded the B.C. government for listening to Chambers and amending a recycling regulation that was causing substantial concern among businesses so that it will impact less that 1% of B.C.'s businesses.
Working closely with local Chambers, the BC Chamber led engagement with government on the file on behalf of B.C.'s business community and played a pivotal role in delivering this win for B.C.'s businesses.
"Thousands of B.C. businesses can now breathe easy, knowing they'll face no new costs or red tape under this recycling regulation," said John Winter, president and CEO of the BC Chamber.
The regulation targets packaging and printed paper (PPP) and is slated to go into force in May.
On February 4, the B.C. government announced that it would enshrine in regulation an exemption for any B.C. business that meets any of the following criteria:
- annual revenues of less than $1 million;
- less than 1 tonne of packaging and printed paper produced annually; and/or
- a single point of retail sale (and not supplied by or operated as part of a franchise, chain or under a banner).
That means that less than 3,000 businesses in the province will be captured by the regulation, out of more than 385,000. More