Packaging Audits and Packaging Reduction Plans (O. Reg. 104/94).

These Regulations provide for packaging audit and packaging reduction work plan. A packaging audit required under this Regulation shall include examinations of the type and amount of the packaging; the extent to which the packaging consists of reused or recycled materials; the management decisions and policies that relate to packaging, including decisions and policies that relate to product design that affect packaging; the reusability and recyclability of the packaging after use; and the impacts of packaging that becomes waste, including the final destination of the packaging after use. A packaging reduction work plan required under this Regulation shall include, to the extent that is reasonable, plans, to reduce the amount of packaging used; to increase the extent to which packaging consists of reused or recycled materials; to increase the reusability and recyclability of the packaging after use; and to reduce the impacts of packaging that becomes waste. A packaging reduction work plan required under this Regulation shall also set out who will implement each part of the plan, when each part will be implemented and what the expected results are. In developing the work plan, regard shall be had to the following principles: 1) Reduction is the first objective; 2) If reduction is not possible, then reuse is the next objective; 3) If reduction and reuse are not possible, then recycling is the final objective
Part II concerns large food or beverages manufacturing establishments; Part III is paper manufacturing establishments; Part IV regulates chemical manufacturing establishments. Part V importers.