Bill 228 explained in plain English
Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Ontario Act prohibits the sale and construction of certain floating items containing polystyrene foam unless the foam is fully encapsulated.
The Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021, prohibits the sale and construction of floating docks, floating platforms, and buoys that use unencapsulated expanded or extruded polystyrene foam. Encapsulation means the foam must be fully covered or contained.
- Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of floating docks, floating platforms, or buoys that contain expanded or extruded polystyrene that is not fully encapsulated.
- Prohibits the construction or reconstruction of floating docks, floating platforms, or buoys that contain expanded or extruded polystyrene that is not fully encapsulated.
- Establishes that the Act comes into force on the second anniversary of its Royal Assent.
- Provides the short title of the Act.
- Manufacturers and sellers of floating docks, floating platforms, and buoys.
- Individuals or companies constructing or reconstructing floating docks, floating platforms, and buoys.
- The obligation to ensure expanded or extruded polystyrene in floating docks, floating platforms, or buoys is fully encapsulated when selling, offering for sale, constructing, or reconstructing them.
- The Act received Royal Assent on May 20, 2021. It comes into force on the second anniversary of this date.
- The bill text does not specify what constitutes 'fully encapsulated' for the purpose of expanded or extruded polystyrene.
- The bill text does not outline any penalties or enforcement mechanisms for non-compliance.
This Act will come into force two years after it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 3
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