The company that owns the master licence to the UPS Store in Canada has been penalized $14,500 for failing to have a proper recycling program in place across its 61 locations in British Columbia.

The decision, handed down May 21 by director of the Environmental Management Act Kelly Mills, cite provincial regulations that require producers of packing and printed paper products to have an extended producer responsibility program.

The program requires producers—including manufacturers, distributors and retailers—to take responsibility for the life-cycle of the products they sell, use or distribute.

In B.C., such producers often come together to form agencies that operate recycling programs on their behalf—whether through curbside collection or recycling depots.

The decision notes a number

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