Used Tire Management Program

Measures to achieve this will include improving its green public procurement, reducing single-use plastics in canteens and cafeterias, promoting use of tap water, launching a wider awareness-raising campaign for staff on waste reduction, sorting and recycling and greening Commission events. €20 million to support the management of marine protected areas in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries through the programme BIOPAMA II (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme).

At the Retail Council, we are now managing 42 different legislated waste diversion programs, some of them on electronics, some on packaging, some on used tires, from different jurisdictions in the country, and none of them look the same.

Landfilling waste tyres is forbidden in the EU, notably on account of their high flammability, and waste management must be carried out without endangering human health or the environment and without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals.

As you can see on slide 13, there are four main offices that contribute to this program: the office of controlled substances, whose main role is to administer the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to ensure controlled drugs and substances are monitored and controlled in such a way that they remain in legal channels and are not diverted to illegal uses, but in a way that won't interfere with their valid medical, scientific, or industrial uses; the office of Canada's drug strategy, which provides national leadership and coordination with respect to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, harm reduction ...[+++], and drug policy activities; the drug analysis service, which provides analyses of samples seized by police and law enforcement agencies for prosecution purposes, and also assists in the investigation and dismantling of clandestine labs that are producing illegal drugs; and finally, the office of Canada's medical access, which developed and administers the marijuana medical access regulations.