CA406_97Enacted

Beverage Container Stewardship Program Regulation - 406/97

Jurisdiction:: Canada
Type:: Deposit Return · EPR
Last action:: Dec 5, 1997

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What this law has produced

84.2%

overall beverage-container recovery rate

British Columbia's Beverage Container Stewardship Program Regulation (B.C. Reg. 406/97, in force October 1, 1998, later folded into the 2004 Recycling Regulation) expanded the province's mandatory deposit-return system to nearly all ready-to-drink beverages under producer-run stewardship agencies (Encorp Pacific and Brewers Distributor Ltd.). A 2015 Container Recycling Institute study documented that the system produced an overall beverage-container recovery rate of 84.2%, among the highest in the world. But the same review flagged a mixed picture: unprecedentedly high container recycling fees, transparency gaps, and a bloated reserve fund — including Canada's highest fee of 35 cents on glass bottles larger than one litre, three times the highest such fee in any other province.

Produced by a program the law funds or incentivizesAs of Jun 24, 2015Source: Recycling Product News (citing Container Recycling Institute study) ↗

Next steps for producers

Confirm your obligations under this measure and track its implementing rules

Program page →

No designated program action is recorded for this measure yet — treat the above as the general obligation and verify against the source text.

Establishes a beverage container stewardship program with deposit-return mechanism (primary) and producer responsibility elements; now repealed and superseded by B.C. Reg. 449/2004, but historically advanced circular economy policy for beverage containers.

Covered Products

·Beverage containers subject to the Beverage Container Stewardship Program in British Columbia, Canada

Key Deadlines

Dec 15, 1997compliance: Parts 1, 2 and 5 and Schedules 2 and 3 come into force

Apr 1, 1998compliance: Parts 3 and 4 and Schedules 1 and 4 come into force

Oct 7, 2004other: Regulation repealed by B.C. Reg. 449/2004

Enforcement

British Columbia Ministry of Environment (under the Environmental Management Act):

Preemption Notes

Provincial regulation under British Columbia's Environmental Management Act; superseded by B.C. Reg. 449/2004 as of October 7, 2004. No federal preemption provisions noted.

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Full bill text

406/97
O.C. 1353/97
December 5, 1997
December 15, 1997 (Parts 1, 2 and 5 and Schedules 2 and 3);, EFFECTIVE April 1, 1998 (Parts 3 and 4 and Schedules 1 and 4)
REPEALED BY B.C. REG. 449/2004, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 7, 2004
Environmental Management Act
Beverage Container Stewardship Program Regulation
406_97_pit

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