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Canada Announces Planned Changes To Federal Plastics Registry Reporting Requirements

On December 19, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced planned changes to reporting requirements for the Federal Plastics Registry (FPR).

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada's Nuclear Regulatory Framework: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

As Canada embarks on a renewed era of nuclear development, from SMRs to advanced reactor designs, the strength of its regulatory regime has never been more critical

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Cadre de mise en œuvre du droit à un environnement sain dans le cadre de la LCPE

En juin 2023, la Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement (1999) (la « LCPE ») a été modifiée afin de reconnaître le droit à un environnement sain...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

The Framework establishes how CEPA will be administered to fulfill the Government of Canada's duty to respect, protect and fulfill the Right

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Quebec's EV Battery Recovery Program Goes Nationwide

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Are You Ready For The New Plastics Registry Reporting Due September 29?

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 1): Amendments To The Resource Recovery And Circular Economy Act, 2016

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 2): Amendments To The Blue Box Regulation

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Safety First: Refusal To Comply With Safety Program Warrants Dismissal

Canada Employment

FW

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 3): RPRA Collection System, Management Requirements And Performance Credits Guidance

Canada Law Performance

ML

McMillan LLP

Reporting Requirements: Federal Plastics Registry Phase 1

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Qui paie la note? Responsabilité élargie des producteurs et possibles répercussions sur votre entreprise

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Is Building A New "Talent Stream" PR Pathway

Canada Immigration

Moving2Canada

Regulatory Incentives For Ontario Distributors To Encourage DER Integration Through Non-wires Solutions

TL

Torys LLP

U.S.–Canada Tariffs: Timeline Of Key Dates And Documents

Worldwide International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Procedural Route To Challenge Capital Markets Regulatory Investigative Tool Confirmed

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Could Your Termination Provisions Be Rendered Unenforceable In 2026? The Ontario Court Of Appeal Is Set To Decide This Important Issue

Canada Employment

SW

Soloway Wright

Who's Left Holding The Bag? Canadian Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements And How They May Impact Your Business

Over the past two decades, federal and provincial lawmakers have implemented extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs covering a growing range of products such as plastic and paper packaging...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Overview Of The Federal Plastics Registry

The Notice with respect to reporting of plastic resins and certain plastic products for the Federal Plastics Registry for 2024, 2025 and 2026 (the "Notice") was published, in the Canadian Gazette on April 20, 2024.

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Why Extended Producer Responsibility And The Circular Economy Demand Boardroom Action

The concept of extended producer responsibility, or EPR, which makes producers responsible for their products along the entire lifecycle, including at the post-consumer stage...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Guidance Published For Reporting To The Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada released the Guide for Reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1 (the Guide).

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Carbon Reduction At The Municipal Level

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Waste Not, Want Not: The Shifting Landscape Of Extended Producer Responsibility Programs In Canada

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Cracks Down On Plastic: New Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Regulation Of Renewable Energy Projects In B.C.: Streamlined Approval Processes For Project Development

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Plan For The Ban (Double Update Edition): Canada's Proposed Roadmap To Extend The Life Of Plastics In Electronics And A New Plastics Recycling Standard Is Introduced

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Phase 1 Guidance For The Reporting Of Plastics

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada's First Deep Geological Repository Site Is Selected

Worldwide Energy

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Environment and Climate Regulation Comparative Guide

Canada Environment

SL

Siskinds LLP

Plan For The Ban: New Guidance Released On Canada's Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Introducing EPR In Alberta: How Municipalities Can Navigate This New Waste Diversion Model

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Canada's First Deep Geological Repository Site Is Selected

On Nov. 28, 2024, the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the township of Ignace in the province of Ontario...

Worldwide Energy

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Environment and Climate Regulation Comparative Guide

Environment and Climate Regulation Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Canada Environment

SL

Siskinds LLP

Plan For The Ban: New Guidance Released On Canada's Federal Plastics Registry

The federal government recently published draft guidance (the "Draft Guidance Document") on the Federal Plastics Registry (the "Registry").

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Introducing EPR In Alberta: How Municipalities Can Navigate This New Waste Diversion Model

In an effort to reduce waste and encourage recycling, Alberta's new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program is making producers responsible for collecting...

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Towards "Holistic" Assessment – Part II: Public Comment Period For Draft Directive Changes

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

ESG Clauses In Commercial Leases

Les facteurs ESG, c'est-à-dire les facteurs environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance, sont désormais bien présents dans les politiques des organisations.

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mandatory Survey For Manufacturers, Importers And Users Of PFAS

On July 27, 2024, both the Minister for Environment and Climate Change and the Minister for Health of Canada issued a joint notice mandating that companies report information...

Canada Environment

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Plan For The Ban: Textile And Apparel Industry Consultation Opens On Canada's Roadmap To Curb Plastic Waste And Pollution

The Government of Canada has recently announced a consultation process on its draft roadmap to address plastic waste and pollution in the textile and apparel industry.

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

In Case You Missed It… The Comment Period On The Federal Government Consultation On Plastic Waste And Pollution From Textile And Apparel Sector Closes September 1

The proposed objective of the draft roadmap is to prevent textile and apparel waste from going to landfill or incineration or being discharged into the environment as pollution.

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Court Of Appeal Rules Waste Rock And Tailings From Historic Mine Belong To Mine Operator

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Titerle + Company

BC Court Of Appeal Resolves Important Dispute Over Mineral Rights

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Officer And Director Liability For Environmental Offences May Not Require Proof Of Knowledge Of The Underlying Infraction: R. v. Mossman, 2024 BCSC 443

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Plan for the Ban – Construction Industry Targeted in Canada's Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Real Estate

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Announces Creation Of A Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

F

Fasken

Plan For The Ban: Canada's Federal Plastics Registry – Let's Talk Reporting Obligations

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

The Quick And Dirty On Ontario's Latest Amendments To The Excess Soil Regulation

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Notice For The Reporting Of Plastic

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Final Notice Regarding The Plastics Registry Is Issued – Is Your Business Targeted?

Canada Compliance

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

L'Environmental Appeal Board souligne l'importance d'énoncer les droits des Autochtones dès le début du processus de consultation

Canada Environment

FF

Fasken (French)

CNSC Approves Nuclear Waste Disposal Site At Chalk River Laboratories

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Plan For The Ban: Canada's Draft Notice For Federal Plastics Registry Provides Additional Insights On Reporting Requirements

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada's Zero Plastic Waste Agenda: Update

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: A Review Of 2023 And Beyond

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

No Trash Talk: Infrastructure Investors' Spiking Interest In Waste Assets

Worldwide Environment

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

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