<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Several ENGOs have been working for years on trying to improve Ontario's Blue Box programme and transition it to a system that the companies that make, sell and profit from selling products are responsible for paying for and operating and that they are forced to move beyond recycling to redesign for waste reduction, reuse and redesign of products.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Last week we released the attached declaration on this matter. GREN and a few other local groups were among the 52 environmental and civil society groups who endorsed the statement.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Sunday, the Toronto Star's editorial board basically endorsed our position paper. </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2020/08/30/ontarios-blue-box-recycling-system-needs-a-fix.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2020/08/30/ontarios-blue-box-recycling-system-needs-a-fix.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have also pasted the editorial in below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""></div></body></html>