Ontario shoppers may soon see the cost of non-alcoholic beverages increase as a result of a new province-wide recycling program.
Starting April 1, a “container recycling fee” may be added on to certain checkout receipts for items such as pop, juice, or bottled water.as a consumable liquid in a ready-to-drink or sealed package—by the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association .stewards includeWhile these companies are technically on the hook for the fees, it is likely the cost will be funnelled down to shoppers.
The initiative, which has been dubbed “Recycle Everywhere,” is part of Ontario’s new Blue Box regulations, which puts the onus on producers of waste to fund and run recycling systems. It also includes a target of 80 per cent beverage container recovery by 2030. The program’s website appears to confirm that the cost of the program is put on consumers. A chart entitled “who pays for it” indicates the fee usually passes from producers, to retailers, to consumers.
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