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Bill 82, Single-Use Plastics Ban Act, 2019

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy

Act, 2016 by requiring the Minister to amend the Strategy described in

section 3 of the Act to include a plan that identifies measurable targets and

sets out timelines for the immediate reduction and eventual elimination of the distribution

and supply of single-use plastics in Ontario and that requires the immediate

elimination of certain single-use plastics.

Section 5 of the Act is amended to

require the Minister to publish a progress report with respect to the immediate

reduction and eventual elimination of the distribution and supply of single-use

plastics in Ontario at least once a year until the Minister is of the opinion

that the distribution and supply of single-use plastics have been eliminated in

Ontario.

Bill 82 2019

Act to amend the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 1 of the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy

Act, 2016 is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“reuse”

does not include the use of discarded plastic items as fuel for

energy-from-waste facilities; (“réutilisation”)

“single-use

plastics” means prescribed plastic products that are typically used once and

then discarded and not recycled or reused and does not include any thing

prescribed as excluded; (“produits plastiques jetables”)

Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(p.1) eliminate

the distribution and supply of single-use plastics in Ontario by 2025;

Section 3 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Single-use

plastics

(2.1) Within

one year after the day on which the Single-Use Plastics

Ban Act, 2019 receives Royal Assent, the Minister shall,

(

a) amend

the Strategy to include a plan that,

(

i) identifies

measurable targets and sets out timelines for the immediate reduction and eventual

elimination of the distribution and supply of single-use plastics in Ontario,

(ii) requires

the immediate elimination of,

(

A) plastic

straws and drink stirrers,

(

B) expanded

polystyrene foam food and beverage containers,

(

C) plastic

bags,

(

D) items

made from oxo-degradable or oxo-fragmentable plastics,

(

E) disposable

coffee cups,

(

F) plastic

water bottles intended for a single-use, and

(

G) any

other single-use plastics that, in the opinion of the Minister, should be

eliminated immediately, and

(iii) may

provide for transitional matters with respect to the implementation of the

plan; and

(

b) publish

the amended Strategy on a website of the Government of Ontario.

Section 5 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Progress

reports re single-use plastics

(2) Despite

subsection (1), at least once a year until the Minister is of the opinion that

the distribution and supply of single-use plastics have been eliminated in

Ontario, the Minister shall prepare a report setting out the following and

publish it on a website of the Government of Ontario:

1. A

description of actions that have been taken during the period covered by the

report to address the Strategy’s goals with respect to the immediate reduction

and eventual elimination of the distribution and supply of single-use plastics

in Ontario.

2. A

description of progress made in achieving the Strategy’s goals with respect to

the immediate reduction and eventual elimination of the distribution and supply

of single-use plastics in Ontario, as assessed by the performance measures

established under paragraph 3 of

section 4.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Single-Use Plastics Ban

Act, 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 18, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 18, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 82

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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