Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Source Separation Programs), 2025
Sponsored by McMahon, Mary-Margaret · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Amends the Environmental Protection Act to require a Minister's review of Ontario Regulation 103/94 rules
- Regulation 103/94 covers industrial, commercial and institutional source separation programs
- Review must start no more than three months after the section takes effect
- Goal is to set clear, enforceable outcomes-based requirements like diversion targets, disposal caps or contamination thresholds
- Minister must consider factors like sector scope, facility size thresholds, designated materials, reporting, audits and multi-residential diversion methods
- Minister must report findings to the Legislative Assembly within nine months of starting the review
- Act takes effect on the day it receives Royal Assent