When it comes to federal actions to facilitate recycling, we think that the government's role could be to contribute to the success of provincial programs by reducing cost disparities between landfill and recycling—landfill is currently all too often the least expensive method in Canada to manage waste materials—by implementing a national education and awareness campaign to relay provincial messages and provide information on their programs, by providing more funding for innovation and improving sorting and recycling facilities, including through molecular recycling, and by offering incentives for the use of recycled resin versus virgin material. We know that the cost of virgin resin is often tied to oil prices. So it is often difficult for SMEs that manufacture recycled resin to be competitive or to break into the market, be it in terms of costs or volumes.
Our recommendations concerning federal measures would be to implement funding mechanisms to drive innovation and provide more incentives to encourage the use of recycled resin. In our opinion, that would help complete the cycle in terms of the circular aspect of our products and packaging in Canada.