GHGm is assisting Natural Resources Canada by facilitating a workshop on recycling and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Canada Enhanced Recycling Program: Workshop “Lessons Learned and the Path Forward.”
Enhanced Recycling is a five-year (April 2001-March 2006), $3.4 million program under the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change, Minerals and Metals Program (managed by the Minerals and Metals Sector of Natural Resources Canada – NRCan). The initial objective of the Enhanced Recycling Program is to increase the recycling of aluminum by 100 000 tonnes per year (t/y) by 2010, and of steel by 200 000 t/y by 2010, yielding total GHG reductions of 700 000 t/y of CO2 equivalent.
The Workshop objectives are to review results of the Enhanced Recycling Program followed by discussions on future directions, providing a series of recommendations that will lead to a national strategy on resource recovery and recycling.