Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Product Stewardship), 2007 Miller, Norman — Bill 193 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill 193, Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Product Stewardship), 2007

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Bill 193 2007

An Act to amend the

Environmental Protection Act with respect to the stewardship of products and of

the packages or containers used for products

Note:

This Act amends the Environmental Protection Act .

For the legislative history of the Act, see Public Statutes – Detailed

Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. (1) Subsection

176 (7) of the Environmental Protection Act is

amended by adding the following clause:

(j.1) requiring

that the packaging or containers used for the products that are specified in

the regulations and that are offered for sale or sold in Ontario be capable of

being recycled or reused;

(2) Clauses 176 (7) (

o) to (

t) of the Act are repealed and

the following substituted:

(

o) requiring persons who put a product in a

package or a container or who manufacture, offer for sale or sell a product in

a package or a container to examine the impact of the package or the container,

as the case may be, on the stewardship or waste management needs, activities

and opportunities of other persons and governments in relation to the package

or the container, as the case may be, and requiring them to submit reports concerning

the examination to the Director;

(

p) requiring persons who put a product in a

package or a container or who manufacture, offer for sale or sell a product in

a package or a container to conduct those examinations in relation to

stewardship or waste management of the package or the container, as the case

may be, that the regulation specifies and requiring them to submit reports

concerning the examinations to the Director;

(

q) requiring persons who put a product in a

package or a container or who manufacture, offer for sale or sell a product in

a package or a container to prepare and submit to the Director stewardship or

waste management plans in relation to the package or the container, as the case

may be, or any recycling, reuse or waste generated by their activities;

(

r) governing the contents of a plan mentioned in

clause (q), including requiring the person who is specified in the plan to use

part of the sale price of the product as a deposit that is refundable upon the

return of the package or container or upon the delivery of the package or the

container to depots that are specified in the plan;

(

s) prescribing plans concerning stewardship or

waste management in relation to the packages or containers used for products in

packages or containers, which plans may include a system for the refund of a

deposit as described in clause (r);

(

t) requiring persons who put a product in a

package or a container or who manufacture, offer for sale, sell or purchase a

product in a package or a container to implement and comply with the plans

mentioned in clauses (

q) and (

s) that apply to them and to take the measures

that are specified in the regulation to give effect to plans mentioned in those

clauses that do not apply to those persons;

(t.1) requiring persons who put a product in a

package or a container or who manufacture, offer for sale or sell a product in

a package or a container to achieve those stewardship or waste management

objectives that the regulation specifies in relation to the package or the

container, as the case may be, or any recycling, reuse or waste generated by

their activities;

(t.2) requiring persons who manufacture products

that are in packages or containers capable of being recycled or reused or other

prescribed persons to establish and operate depots to accept the return of

those packages or containers when empty;

(t.3) prescribing requirements for the location and

the operation of the depots mentioned in clause (t.2);

(t.4) requiring persons who manufacture, offer for

sale or sell a product, whether or not it is in a package or a container, to

prepare and submit to the Director stewardship plans in relation to the product

or any recycling, reuse or waste generated by their activities;

(t.5) governing the contents of a plan mentioned in

clause (t.4);

(t.6) prescribing plans concerning stewardship in

relation to the products, whether or not they are in packages or containers;

(t.7) requiring persons who manufacture, offer for

sale, sell or purchase a product, whether or not it is in a package or a

container, to implement and comply with the plans mentioned in clauses (t.4)

and (t.6) that apply to them and to take the measures that are specified in the

regulation to give effect to plans mentioned in those clauses that do not apply

to those persons;

(t.8) requiring

persons who manufacture, offer for sale or sell a product, whether or not it is

in a package or a container, to achieve those stewardship objectives that the

regulation specifies in relation to the product or any recycling, reuse or

waste generated by their activities;

Commencement

2. This

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

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Environmental Protection

Amendment Act (Product Stewardship), 2007 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to

add to the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations

under that Act. At present, the regulations can deal with the waste management

of products, packages and containers. The Bill adds powers to make regulations

on the stewardship of products, packages and containers, an area known as

"product stewardship".

Regulations

can require manufacturers of packages and containers used for products in packages

or containers or other persons to implement and comply with plans concerning

stewardship or waste management in relation to the packages or containers. They

can also require manufacturers of products, whether or not in packages or

containers, or other persons to implement and comply with plans concerning

stewardship or waste management in relation to the products.

Regulations

can require that the packages or containers used for certain products that are

offered for sale or sold in Ontario be capable of being recycled or reused and

can require that manufacturers and other persons establish and operate depots

to accept the return of those packages and containers when empty.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 29, 2007

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March

29, 2007

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 193

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

Environmental Protection Act

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Citation	Bill 193, 38-2
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