Canadian Magazine Publishers Want to Kick High Recycling Fees to the Curb

The good news: Canadians love their print magazines. The bad news: It costs magazine publishers a heck of a lot of money for recycling programs, especially in Quebec where it has boiled to a point where a lawsuit has been launched.

Before 2009, TVA Publications paid $7/tonne for recycling, but since a bill was passed earlier this year retroactive to 2010, that number has shot up to $262/tonne, (Jocelyn Poirier, president of TVA Publications) said. For 2011 its share increases to $297/tonne and $351/tonne for 2012, added Poirier. That results in a bill of over $5 million, he said.