National Integration - SK Recycles

About SK Recycles
- - - SK Recycles is a non-profit organization responsible for managing the recycling of household packaging and paper across Saskatchewan. Working with producers, collectors, municipalities, First Nations, Métis communities, and residents, SK Recycles ensures household materials are collected from households and depots, sorted and responsibly recycled. Our program is funded by over 550 businesses that include retailers, manufacturers and restaurants that supply packaging and paper to Saskatchewan residents, shifting costs away from homeowners.
Collectors
- - - Transitioning to Full EPR
      - Join SK Recycles Program
    - Greenhouse Gas Reporting
  - - Collector Resources
      - Register for Resources
    - Multi-Material Stewardship Western Program
Producers
- - - Producer Registration
    - Reporting & Fees
  - - Producer News
Reporting Resources and Guidebook
Policies and Documents
Information Sessions
National Integration

We are pleased to provide an update on our progress on national integration for Blue Box in Canada.

As a follow up to our update and producer webinars hosted in 2023, to support the ongoing transition to extended producer responsibility in Canada and manage impacts, Circular Materials, Recycle BC, Multi-Material Stewardship Western and Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba have been working together to develop an optimal business model for delivering a harmonized, national approach to EPR in Canada.

This has included the development of a nationally integrated approach and roadmap that identifies activities the respective organizations will collaborate on to mitigate cost increases and achieve the productivity gains that can come from national integration and local/regional management.

We are pleased to share an update on our progress and activities the respective organizations will collaborate on to achieve common goals and increased efficiencies together. To ensure we continue to meet our producers’ needs, we hosted producer engagement sessions in January, 2024. The purpose of these sessions was to share our progress and capture your feedback and questions to ensure continued alignment with producers’ goals and objectives prior to implementation.

To support a comprehensive engagement process, interested parties could provide feedback until February 29, 2024.

Virtual Webinar and Comments

Two sessions were hosted on January 24 and January 29, 2024. A pre-read document outlining details of the approach to national integration was distributed to registered attendees before the sessions. Written comments were accepted until February 29, 2024.

We look forward to continuing to collaborate with you and leveraging the strengths, capabilities, and investments we have built over the years across producer responsibility organizations to deliver value through national integration.

Thank you for your participation, support and feedback.

We are committed to respecting the culturally rich history that the land in which we operate holds with the Dakota and Lakota (Sioux), Denesuline (Dene/Chipewyan), Nahkawininiwak (Saulteaux), Nakota (Assiniboine), Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree), and Métis communities in stewardship, care and leadership.

We value and respect the unique connection Indigenous peoples have with the natural world and we embrace the opportunity of continued learning and shared experiences in our work of environmental stewardship and partnership.