Workshops

EPR Transition: Making It Work for your Community

Lessons Learned from Working with PROs Thursday, June 27, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM MT Watch the recording: Are you curious about what it is like to negotiate servicing contracts with Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs)? Join us for a webinar hosted by the Recycling Council of Alberta, titled ‘EPR Transition: Making It Work…

Beyond the Bylaw – Additional measures that municipalities, businesses and citizens can take to reduce single-use items

Monday, May 6, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM MT Watch the recording: Spend an hour with our invited speakers to learn about further actions that municipalities, businesses, and individuals can take to address and reduce single-use items in Alberta. Each speaker brings firsthand knowledge on the subject, as they have been actively and…

Webinar: Right to Repair – A Key Component of a Circular Economy

Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am Mountain Time Join us for the Recycling Council of Alberta’s webinar on ‘Right to Repair – a Key Component to a Circular Economy.’ This webinar will feature industry experts providing clear examples of the right to repair in action within businesses and communities, showcasing its…

Alberta’s EPR Transition Webinar Series – Examining the role of oversight bodies and producer responsibility organizations

Thursday, June 22, 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm As part of the transition to extended producer responsibility (EPR), it’s important that stakeholders are informed about the roles of different organizations; specifically the differences between the oversight and operation of the EPR program. On June 22 at 11 am MT the RCA will host…

Webinar on Alberta’s EPR Transition – Advice from Small Municipalities Across Canada

Monday, April 24, 2023 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Presented in partnership with Alberta Municipalities and Rural Municipalities of Alberta Watch the recording: Alberta’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulation came into effect on November 30, 2022 and set out the next steps and timelines for producers to manage materials in the single-use products, packaging and…

Building a Circular Food Rescue Supply Chain – Free Webinar

View the recording of the webinar: Food waste is a serious environmental, social and economic issue. Yet Canadians waste over $20 billion worth of food annually with this valuable material going to landfills where it contributes to an escalating environmental crisis instead of on the tables of hungry families.  This webinar is an opportunity to…

RCA Circular Economy Summit

This is Not Your Grandmother’s Economy! Or Maybe It Is….  Across the country, dozens of municipalities are beginning their transition to the Circular Economy (CE). It’s an alternative approach that designs out waste and pollution, keeps products and materials in use, and regenerates our natural environment. And it’s taking shape in the form of road…

EPR Municipal Transition – Free Webinar

View the recording of the webinar: April 20, 2022, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm (Mountain Time) Do you have questions about what the transition to EPR might look like for your municipality? The RCA, Alberta Municipalities, and Rural Municipalities of Alberta are teaming up to present a webinar on preparing your municipality for EPR. Join…

EPR Municipal Workshop – Free Webinar

View the recording of the webinar: January 5, 2022, 10:30 am to Noon (Mountain Time) Do you still have questions about EPR? What would residential recycling look like under an EPR program? What will the impacts be on HHW programs? The RCA, Alberta Municipalities, and Rural Municipalities of Alberta are teaming up to present an…

On-Farm Composting Webinars

With the goal to advance a circular economy, the Recycling Council of Alberta has launched a project that aims to engage farmers in composting. The RCA has created a guide as an introduction to composting for farmers, ranchers and landowners who may be interested in learning more about the opportunities they have to play a…

ARMA’s ePilot Webinar

Update from ARMA – covering everything from the ePilot to HHW to Paint and more! Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am Mountain Time Since the launch of ARMA’s Expanded Electronics Pilot Project in September 2020, the commitment from municipalities, Indigenous communities and processors has been strong despite the challenges wrought by…

Alberta’s EPR Engagement Webinar Series

The RCA plans to host a series of webinars throughout Alberta Environment and Park’s six-week EPR engagement process to provide organizations opportunities to ask leading experts questions on EPR and its implementation, as well as advance discussion on the topic. Webinars will be held on March 30, April 13 and April 20 at 10:00 a.m….

Extended Producer Responsibility 101 Webinar – Back to Basics

Tuesday, January 26, 2021, from 10:00 am to Noon Mountain Time Late last year, the Government of Alberta announced plans to advance engagement on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in early 2021. Further details on the planned engagement are anticipated shortly, as well as the release of a discussion paper on the topic. In the meantime,…

RCA’s 2020 Webinar Series

The RCA held its 2020 webinar series, which brought you themes that were both topical and comprehensive. Platinum Sponsor: Silver Sponsor: Bronze Sponsor: Supporting Sponsors: Registration: A portion of the cost of the webinar goes directly to supporting the sustainability of the RCA and our goal to advance a circular economy in Alberta. Due to COVID-19 we…