Bill 90 explained in plain English
Textile Waste Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill proposes a process for the Minister to review and establish requirements for managing textile waste under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.
Bill 90, the Textile Waste Act, 2025, proposes to amend the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. Its main purpose is to initiate a review process to determine how textiles can be included as a designated class of material under the existing act. This would mean that brand holders or other responsible parties would be required to manage their responsibilities related to textile waste, such as collection and processing. The bill outlines a timeline for the Minister to conduct this review, consult with various stakeholders, report findings and recommendations to the Legislative Assembly, and provide updates until textiles are officially designated.
- It requires the Minister to start a review within three months of the Act coming into force to figure out how to include textiles as a designated material class under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.
- It mandates that the Minister consult with specific companies, organizations, municipalities, and the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority during this review.
- It requires the Minister to consider assigning responsibility for managing textile waste to brand holders, importers, or retailers, depending on their presence in Canada.
- It sets a timeline for the Minister to report findings and an estimated timeline for designating textiles to the Legislative Assembly.
- It requires the Minister to provide updates on progress and additional reports if textiles are not designated within specified periods.
- The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (or their delegate)
- Companies that manufacture, distribute, or import clothing or household textiles for sale in Ontario, or their trade associations
- Companies or organizations that collect, sort, process, or haul textile waste for reuse, repair, or recycling
- Non-governmental organizations focused on waste reduction, reuse, repair, and recycling
- Municipalities or their representative associations
- The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Minister has the obligation to commence a review within three months of the Act coming into force.
- The Minister has the obligation to consult with specified persons and entities.
- The Minister has the obligation to report findings and timelines to the Legislative Assembly.
- The Minister has the obligation to provide updates and additional reports on the designation of textiles.
- Brand holders, importers, or retailers may have the responsibility for textile waste management, to be determined through the review process.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister must commence the review no more than three months after the Act comes into force.
- The Minister must report findings no more than six months after the review has commenced.
- The Minister must provide an update three months after reporting findings.
- Additional reports are required every two months if textiles are not designated six months after the initial report.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, so the commencement date is not precisely known.
- The bill does not detail the specific responsibilities that will be assigned to brand holders or others once textiles are designated as a material class.
- The bill does not specify which Minister will be responsible for conducting the review, though it implies the Minister responsible for the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.
Adds a new section (75.1) that establishes a review process for designating textiles as a class of material for which brand holders or others have responsibilities.
Source: Section 1
Adds a new section (75.1) that outlines the process for reviewing and designating textiles for waste management responsibilities.
Source: Section 1
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