Westgate Sentinel- Floss and Found: Oilsands companies bristle as Feds demand stringent string stats
“In the latest sign of the apocalypse, I learned today oilsands companies will have to report how much dental floss their workers use and dispose of to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry.”
h/t Scott
I think we should not buy oil from countries that do not hold their petroleum industries to the same standard that Canada holds their petroleum industry to. In fact, I think any province that allows such unethical oil to be sold within their borders should be named, shamed, and preferably fined until they change their behaviour. I’d like to see this brought up in the house of commons and in the news regularly until they are compliant.
“Service providers in plastic management: Those who manage plastics via the following activities:
Collecting or hauling”
It doesn’t just apply to Oilsands companies, it applies to every company that collects or hauls plastics, including pretty much every waste management company in Canada who deals with municipal waste.
How exactly they expect waste management companies to figure out these numbers is a mystery.
Of course, the first target for enforcement should be “environment and climate change canada” who hires the collectors of their trash from the thousands of employees in their buildings across Canada.
EVERY aspect of a piece of plastic’s life cycle.
From the government’s website:
Organizations (including resin manufacturers, service providers, generators of waste, and producers of plastic products) must report every year on the quantity and types of plastic they:
Manufacture
Import
Place on the market
Producers of plastic products and service providers are also required to report on the quantity of plastic:
Collected
Reused
Repaired
Remanufactured
Refurbished
Recycled
Processed into chemicals
Composted
Incinerated
Landfilled
The correct response?
We use less than the PM does with his planes, cars, and houses, and staff. So go pound sand.
All the “Elbows Up!” retards approve this action .
Yes, yes they did.
From the government’s website:
Public consultation and engagement
The Government of Canada has consulted extensively during the establishment of the FPR. We will continue to engage and consult with Canadians as the FPR progresses. The advice of stakeholders and the public is invaluable for planning data collection activities, developing reporting requirements, and creating tools to interpret data.
Ongoing consultations
There are no ongoing consultations
Who F’ing cares?
And why?
Doesn’t the French national anthem go, “Tampons, les enfants de la patri-i-e!”, something like that?
Our tax dollars at work. Is there no end to the madness?
One of the frustrations of working in the public sector was dealing with coworkers who had never worked in the private sector. They had no conception of the effect of their well meaning but unrealistic asks on costs and timing. This regulation probably came from someone saying that this data would be interesting but not think that it had no lasting benefit.
And don’t get me started on endless meetings without an agenda.
I am convinced that any public sector manager should spend some time in the private sector before qualifying for a promotion and any new regulation would have to be defended in front of a jury of effected industry.
Insane. Hygiene suppression. Well, I’d probably take to mailing used hygiene products to the Plastics Registry and would encourage others to do the same.
Don’t eff around with these guys, they’re serious!
You know what happened to the OSTRICHES!!