Bill 173 explained in plain English
Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017, prohibits the retail sale of single-use beverage pods unless they are fully compostable and sets penalties for violations, taking effect four years after Royal Assent.
This bill, titled the Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017, aims to reduce waste by regulating the sale of single-use beverage pods. It prohibits the sale of these pods unless they meet specific criteria for being fully compostable. The Act also outlines penalties for violations and allows for regulations to define what constitutes a 'fully compostable' pod. The law is set to come into effect four years after receiving Royal Assent.
- Prohibits the sale or offering for sale at retail of single-use beverage pods unless they are fully compostable.
- Establishes that a single-use beverage pod is considered fully compostable if it meets requirements that may be prescribed by regulation.
- Creates an offence for selling or offering for sale non-compostable single-use beverage pods.
- Sets a penalty for this offence.
- Grants the Lieutenant Governor in Council the power to make regulations prescribing the requirements for a pod to be considered fully compostable.
- Specifies that the Act will come into force four years after it receives Royal Assent.
- Retailers selling single-use beverage pods.
- Manufacturers or distributors of single-use beverage pods.
- Consumers who purchase single-use beverage pods.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council, who may make regulations.
- No person shall sell or offer for sale at retail a single-use beverage pod unless it is fully compostable.
- A single-use beverage pod is fully compostable if it satisfies prescribed requirements.
- The Act comes into force four years after it receives Royal Assent.
- A person convicted of selling or offering for sale non-compostable single-use beverage pods is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.
- A person who contravenes the prohibition on selling non-compostable single-use beverage pods is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 upon conviction.
- The specific requirements for a single-use beverage pod to be considered 'fully compostable' are not detailed in the bill and will be set by regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- The definition of 'single-use beverage pod' is limited to containers used in a coffee maker for a single serving of coffee or other beverage.
This bill creates a new law titled the Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017.
Source: Part of the bill
A new rule is created that no person shall sell or offer for sale at retail a single-use beverage pod unless it is fully compostable.
Source: Section 2 (1)
A single-use beverage pod is defined as fully compostable if it meets requirements that can be set by regulations.
Source: Section 2 (2)
Selling or offering for sale single-use beverage pods that are not fully compostable becomes an offence under the law.
Source: Section 3
The Lieutenant Governor in Council is given the power to create regulations that specify what requirements a single-use beverage pod must meet to be considered fully compostable.
Source: Section 4
The Act will officially become law and take effect four years after it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 5
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