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HPSA and Circular Materials Launch Joint Consumer Education Initiative to Improve Recycling Across Ontario and New Brunswick

Two leading recycling organizations work together to boost awareness of what should and should not be recycled to enhance safety.   TORONTO/FREDERICTON — Across Ontario and New Brunswick, extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs are reshaping how residents recycle and raising the stakes for getting it right. Health Products Stewardship Association (HPSA) and Circular Materials are […]

Public Consultation Open: BC Program Plan for Medications and Medical Sharps

The Health Products Stewardship Association (HPSA) is undertaking consultation on its next five-year Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Plan, as required under British Columbia’s Recycling Regulation. HPSA’s current EPR Plan was approved in 2007. Significant Program changes include updated communication strategies for Medications and the scope expansion of the newly regulated product, Medical Sharps. One plan […]

HPSA Celebrates 25 Years of Stewardship, Sustainability and Safe Disposal of Health Products

To mark this milestone, HPSA is partnering with Pharmasave for a special Medications Take-Back Day on November 25th in British Columbia. The Health Products Stewardship Association (HPSA), leading steward of the return and disposal of health products in Canada, is proud to celebrate its 25-year anniversary. In 1999―following discussions with British Columbia provincial environment ministries, […]

Health Canada Bulletin - Requirements for Post-Consumer Returns

This bulletin replaces the bulletin dated April 16, 2020. The period of validity of the bulletin has been extended up to March 31, 2021. The Office of Controlled Substances (OCS) of Health Canada issued a bulletin, providing pharmacists with information on temporary exceptional measures for post-consumer returns containing controlled substances and recommendations to help reduce […]

Lifetime Achievement For Ginette Vanasse

Each year the Recycling Council of B.C. recognizes the valuable contribution that individuals and organizations make towards the preservation and protection of British Columbia’s environment. Ginette Vanasse from Health Products Stewardship Association received Lifetime Achievement Award by RCBC in recognition of her role over the years in the recycling space.