Yes. The EPR, or the extended producer responsibility program, transfers the responsibility and cost for the design, recycling, and end-of-life management of the product from the public to the industry itself. The economics behind that is that the industry will then have all the levers, tools and incentives to better design, better collect and better reintroduce it into the market. That's what the EPR program is.
There are EPR programs in Canada—in Quebec and recently in Ontario—but B.C. is one of the most established. There is also one being developed for the north in some territories. There are many EPR programs in the country. The one in B.C. is often seen as having a really wide scope of products. The programs take different shapes and forms, but essentially the province would set a target and would require the industry to meet that target and organize itself to do that.
Federally, we are working toward a federal registry that would allow us to get a national picture of the plastics put on the market. We're working with provinces and territories on this. At the CCME, we have published guidance on how to standardize and harmonize these EPR programs. The experience of B.C. and the leadership of B.C. in that collective work were actually really appreciated.
There is quite a lot happening in EPR in Canada.