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Learn about British Columbia’s Extended Producer Responsibility Program
Allen Langdon, President & CEO of Encorp Pacific
This month, we’re excited to welcome Allen Langdon, President and CEO of Encorp Pacific where he oversees the most successful used beverage container management program in Canada with a mandate to develop, manage and improve systems to recover used packaging and end-of-life products from consumers and ensure that they are properly recycled and not land-filled or incinerated. Through its collection network consisting of 168 privately owned depots, 5 Express & GO stations, and 1 Express Plus location, Return-It has routinely exceeded a 75% recovery rate for used beverage containers in British Columbia while at the same time developing a collection network that has become the backbone for a number of other recycling programs around the province.
Prior to joining Return-It, Allen served as the Managing Director for Recycle BC, the first 100% Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program for paper and packaging in North America where industry assumed full financial and managerial responsibility for the residential recycling system.
Allen has extensive experience in sustainability and extended producer responsibility, and previously served as the VP of Sustainability for the Retail Council of Canada and the VP of Environment for the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, advancing those industries’ responses to a range of complex sustainability issues including climate change, sustainable packaging, EPR programs, and animal welfare.
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Join Beyond Plastics, Conservation Law Foundation, National Stewardship Action Council, UPSTREAM, and Break Free From Plastic US for a FREE informal "coffee hour" conversation to talk about the latest EPR proposals and what to look for to make sure the goals are achieved.
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