I guess there's a couple of opportunities to look at. To encourage recycling one would encourage a change in consumer behaviour, ensuring that they are doing their job at home and source-separating. If we're recycling 60% of the blue box materials, well, what's happening to the other 40%? We're throwing it out? Why? Are we not aware? Do we not have access to a blue box? Which doesn't seem right, since 95% of Ontarians have access to it.
I think the federal government would have a good role to play in delivering a uniform message across the country to recycle where recycling is available.
Now the challenge, of course, is there are different materials and different programs. I'm not sure what the outcome of the committee's study will be. I don't think you know either. Clearly, there is a need for better baseline data for understanding what's being recycled, what's not, and how is it not. Working from the same song sheet and sharing that with the provinces is a good starting point to then have possible discussions about standards or things like that.
I think stepping back first is important. I wouldn't be able to give a definitive answer, but I think the feds have a good opportunity to really get more robust data to make these decisions and have these conversations.