A customer shops at a grocery store in Toronto, on May 30, 2024. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
A set of recycling policies being rapidly adopted in recent years is adding hundreds of millions of dollars to costs across the food sector, according to a food policy expert.
Professor Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab says Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations are placing additional inflationary pressure on Canadians who are already struggling with rising grocery costs, and aren’t being implemented efficiently.
