2009 Conference on Canadian Stewardship - About US
 

The Conference on Canadian Stewardship is a cooperative effort between many of the leading stewardship organizations of Canada. These organizations currently operate stewardship programs dealing with tires, paint, non-alcoholic beverage containers, beer containers, electronics, packaging and printed materials and household special waste materials. A full listing of the organizations that have been participating in discussions to create a meaningful Conference on Canadian Stewardship appear below.

In order to develop the best possible agenda and attract the highest quality speakers and delegates to the conference a Steering Committee has been struck. The Steering Committee meets to set agendas, manage budgets and contracts, and organize the details of the event.


Conference on Canadian Stewardship – Steering Committee
Ginette Bureau CEO , Recyc Quebec – representing tire recycling, (Sophie Cantin – alternate)
Bertrand Goudreault Directeur Général, eco-peinture -  representing paint recycling
Shelagh Kerr

CEO , Elec. Prod. Stewardship Canada -  representing electronics recycling

Guy Perry StewardsEdge/ Stewardship Ontario - representing packaging / printed paper recycling
Neil Hastie CEO Encorp Pacific ( Canada) – representing beverage container recycling
Ron Dreidger Exec. Dir. , BC Used Oil Management Assoc. - representing oil & filters recycling
Mark Kurschner Product Care -  representing household special waste recycling
Catherine Abel VP Enviro , Food & Consumer Products Canada -  representing consumer
goods manufacturers
James Downham CEO, PAC - The Packaging Association - representing packaging sector
Allen Langdon VP Environment, Cdn Council of Grocery Distributors -  representing grocery sector
Ruth Thorkelson Senior Vice President, Public Affairs – Retail Council of Canada -  representing retailer sector
Barry Friesen GM, CleanFarms -  representing agricultural pesticides management sector
Bill Ring CEO – RRFB Nova Scotia – host organization of the 2011 event in Halifax
Jeff Myrick RRFB Nova Scotia – host organization of the 2011 event in Halifax
Laura Selanders Manager, Environmental Stewardship; Home Depot Canada Inc. - Major Retailer
Mark McKenney Managing Director - Conference on Canadian Stewardship
 
 

Stewardship Organizations – Conference Committee
The following organizations are kept informed and asked for their input in this conference:

BC Used Pharmaceuticals Association Encorp Atlantic (NB)
Boissons Gazeuses Environnement (QC) Manitoba Association for Resource Recovery
Brewers of Canada Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation
British Columbia Used Oil Association Multi-Material Stewardship Board (NL)
Canadian Bottled Water Association New Brunswick's Tire Stewardship Board (NBTSB)
Canadian Used Pharmaceuticals Association Ontario Tire Stewardship
Refreshments Canada
Collecte Selective du Quebec Product Care (BC)
CSR: Corporations Supporting Recycling Recyc Quebec
Distillers of Canada RRFB Nova Scotia
Éco-peinture , QC SARCAN (SK)
Electronics Product Stewardship Canada Food & Consumer Products Canada
Who should attend this conference?
Staff from provincial Departments of Environment
Staff of Environment Canada and other related Federal Departments
Policy and waste management staff of municipalities
Provincial & federal municipal associations (i.e. Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Federation of Canadian Municipalities)
Members and staff of Food & Consumer Products Canada
Members and staff of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
Members and staff of the Retail Council of Canada
Members and staff of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
Members and staff of the Canadian Institute Petroleum Products
Members and staff of the Electronics Product Stewardship Canada
Members and staff of the Home and Hardware industry representatives
Members of the Newspaper, magazine and printed paper industry
Material manufacturers : Plastics, Paper, Metals, Glass
Paint manufacturers
Tire retailers and distributors
Companies that pay stewardship fees in any part of Canada
Household Hazardous waste generators
Provincial program operators including: beverage container recycling, waste oil recycling, waste paint recycling, tire recycling, HHW
recycling, battery recycling, packaging and printed waste recycling, electronics recycling.
 

For additional information contact:  MARK MCKENNEY - mckenney@xplornet.com or 250-495-4592
(Pacific time zone)

Conference on Canadian Stewardship