Environment committee  Thank you. Between 2019 and 2020, we exported to the United States about 135,000 tonnes of all plastic waste.

Environment committee  Thank you, Ms. Ryan. No, that's very good. In fact, out of that number a lot of it may actually be covered under our regulations and as such would require a permit. Through the regulations there's a tracking of the movement of the waste. For all the waste that is exported thr

Environment committee  It's not correct for all the waste that is exported to the United States.

Environment committee  I would say that based on our understanding of the bill, which covers only the final disposal, our legislation and legislative framework covers both final disposal and also recycling.

Environment committee  Under the new arrangement with the United States, in order to fulfill our requirements under the Basel Convention, the plastic would move between the two borders freely, based on the understanding and arrangement that we both sign an attestation affirming that we both manage the

Environment committee  The operations are listed in the domestic regulations. They are not listed under CEPA.

Environment committee  There will be permits to the United States for waste that is not covered under the Basel Convention, that is not subject to the scope of the Basel Convention on which—

Environment committee  For hazardous waste we'll need a permit, and all the waste that will transit through the United States will also need a permit, whether it's non-hazardous or not.

Environment committee  Those amendments now have the effect that all plastic waste, except the very clean waste, going to a Basel party is now subject to the regulations and requires a permit prior to export. In order to have a permit, one has to obtain consent from the importing country. It's through

Environment committee  As I said before, the bill focuses on a ban for plastics destined for final disposal only. Our domestic regulation with the new Basel amendments applies to both final disposal and recycling.

Environment committee  We know that the landfill capacity in Canada is put through a stretch in some areas. Currently, if waste exported to the U.S. contains some plastics that are listed in the proposed schedule 7, that would mean it could no longer travel to the U.S. That would probably put a stretch

Environment committee  I hope I understood the question correctly. In 2016 the regulations were amended to include, within the definition of hazardous waste, a clause that describes where, if an importing country controls or prohibits a waste, then it becomes automatically, under our regulation, haza

Environment committee  Thank you. The Basel Convention lists all the different operations that are considered recycling and those that are disposal. Those operations are in our regulations so we have a copy of those.

Environment committee  I can't comment on what the bill intends to do. I'm sorry.

Environment committee  It's not an incorporation by reference. Those operations are listed in the regulations. They are not listed under CEPA. I hope that helps.