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GFL Announces the Formation of the Resource Recovery Alliance and the Definitive Agreement to Acquire Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance
GFL Announces the Formation of the Resource Recovery Alliance and the Definitive Agreemen...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n GFL Announces the Formation of the Resource Recovery Alliance and the Definitive Agreement to Acquire Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n July 6, 2021\n \n \n /CNW/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (\"GFL\") announced today that it has formed the Resource Recovery Alliance (\"RRA\") in response to the Government of\n \n Ontario's\n \n extended producer responsibility regulation requiring product and packaging producers (\"producers\") to operate and fully finance\n \n Ontario's\n \n Blue Box program. RRA will become a producer responsibility organization (\"PRO\") under the new legislation and will be vertically integrated within GFL's service offerings.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n GFL also announced today that RRA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (\"CSSA\"). With the acquisition, RRA will be a comprehensive resource recovery and compliance solution for producers in\n \n North America\n \n , augmenting GFL's existing capabilities in collection, sorting, processing, marketing, and reporting of blue box material in Ontario.\n \n \n \"\n \n Ontario\n \n has ushered in a new wave of extended producer responsibility in\n \n Canada\n \n , bringing increased responsibilities for producers, along with new opportunities to innovate and drive greater efficiencies and environmental outcomes,\" said\n \n Patrick Dovigi\n \n , GFL founder and CEO. \"RRA will combine GFL's extensive international footprint and depth of experience in\n \n North America's\n \n resource recovery sector with CSSA's leadership in compliance and administration of recycling programs across\n \n Canada\n \n . CSSA's in-depth understanding of producers and the new and much more rigorous regulatory needs makes them an ideal partner for GFL in the creation of this PRO.\"\n \n \n Through RRA, producers will have the benefit of a proven, reliable, and experienced environmental services partner that can leverage economies of scale ...