Bill 173, Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Bill enacts the Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017, which prohibits persons from selling or offering for sale at retail single-use beverage pods unless they are fully compostable. The Act comes into force four years after it receives Royal Assent.
Bill 173 2017
An Act respecting the sale of single-use beverage pods
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Definition
1 In this Act,
"single-use beverage pod" means a container used in a coffee maker to prepare a single serving of coffee or other beverage.
Prohibition
2 (1) No person shall sell or offer for sale at retail a single-use beverage pod unless it is fully compostable.
Prescribed requirements
(2) A single-use beverage pod is fully compostable if it satisfies the prescribed requirements.
Offence
3 A person who contravenes section 2 is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.
Regulations
4 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing requirements for the purposes of subsection 2 (2).
Commencement
5 This Act comes into force on the fourth anniversary of the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
6 The short title of this Act is the Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, 2017.
| Date | Bill stage | Activity | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2017 | - | Ordered referred to Standing Committee | Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly |
| November 23, 2017 | Second Reading | Carried | - |
| November 23, 2017 | Second Reading | Debate | - |
| November 1, 2017 | First Reading | Carried | - |
Debates and Progress
First Reading
Committee
Second Reading
Mr. Norm Miller, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Hon. Reza Moridi, Mr. Ted Arnott, Mr. Taras Natyshak, Mr. John Fraser, Ms. Sylvia Jones, Mr. Arthur Potts, Mrs. Gila Martow
Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.
Committee
Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly
Third Reading
Royal Assent