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Canada’s IT Industry Drives Responsible Recycling for End-of-Life Electronics

Jay Illingworth, Director, Harmonization Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA)

Have you ever wondered what happens to your old TV, computer, or printer after you dispose of them?

Today, we are fortunate that most Canadians have an accessible option to have their end-of-life-electronics (EOLE) responsibly recycled thanks to the setting of standards for the responsible recycling of EOLE in 2003.

E-Waste Recycling in Canada

Cliff Hacking, EPRA's President and CEO, is interviewed by Nora Young on the Spark CBC Radio One show about e-waste in Canada and the role of EPRA in responsible stewardship of end-of-life electronics.

Making electronics recycling a sustainable imperative

Cliff Hacking, President and CEO, EPRA

The path between the moment when a consumer pulls a shiny new tablet or laptop from its packaging to when that device—having processed billions of pieces of data—is safely and responsibly recycled is growing clearer in Canada. Provinces have begun to enact laws to enforce extended producer responsibility for a broad range of technology and electronics products, and manufacturers, retailers and all others in this complex supply chain are enhancing their recycling efforts.