That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Environmental and Engineering Services and City Engineer, with the support of the Director, Environment, Fleet and Solid Waste the following actions be taken with respect to the Current and Proposed Actions for Reducing and Managing Plastics in the Residential Sector and the Role for the Hefty EnergyBag Pilot Project:
a) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to develop a more comprehensive plan to reducing and managing plastics in the residential sector including;
i) addressing upcoming Federal and Provincial legislation, regulation, policies and scientific studies;
ii) how senior government direction with producer responsibility will support local policies with respect to reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery of plastics; and,
iii) report back by early 2021 as part of the 60% Waste Diversion Action Plan implementation process;
b) the Hefty® EnergyBag® Pilot Project for flexible plastic packaging and hard-to-recycle plastics BE APPROVED for implementation in a phased approach starting October 1, 2019 using approved funds for 2019 and base program funds (Program 470300) for 2020 in the amount of $25,000 per year for two years noting that the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) and the Dow Chemical Company are major financial contributors;
c) the Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to expand the list of business and municipal project partners and funding sources (e.g., Continuous Improvement Fund, Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Fund) interested in the Hefty® EnergyBag® Pilot Project for flexible plastic packaging, hard-to-recycle plastics including promoting these activities through the London Waste to Resources Innovation Centre, the Industrial Research Chair Agreement in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to Bioindustrial Resources with Western University;
d) the proposed by-law appended to the staff report dated July 23, 2019 as Appendix “B” BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on July 30, 2019 to approve the Grant Recipient Agreement with CPIA appended to the staff report dated July 23, 2019 as Schedule “A” to the by-law;
e) the Mayor and the City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to execute the Agreement authorized and approved in e), above; and
f) the Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to undertake all administrative acts that are necessary in connection with executing this Agreement. (2019-E07)