Q-2, r. 16.1 - Regulation respecting the development, implementation and financial support of a deposit-refund system for certain containers

Section 59 Disposition versions

2023-08-30

59. Not later than 31 July 2023, if a producer and an authority referred to in the first paragraph of section 57 have still not succeeded in entering into a contract pursuant to section 57, the producer is required, within 3 months of that date, to install and finance return sites in the territory for which the authority is responsible, refund the deposits for redeemable containers, collect redeemable containers and abandoned non-returnable containers from the return sites, transport them and, in the case of redeemable containers, condition and reclaim them, in accordance with the following distribution:

(1)  for each locality with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants situated in a territory: at least one return point, accessible at least 24 hours per week over a minimum period of 4 days;

(2)  for each locality of 3,000 inhabitants or more situated in a territory: at least 2 return sites, including a return point, accessible at least 30 hours per week over a minimum period of 5 days.

The producer must, for each return site put in place and financed pursuant to the first paragraph, provide an enclosed space at the return site, sufficiently large to store all the redeemable containers returned until they are collected, and laid out in a way that prevents the harm caused by odours, vermin and wildlife.

The producer must also, for each return site put in place in a locality situated in a territory accessible year-round by road or rail, collect redeemable containers at the following minimum frequency:

(1)  once per month for localities with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants;

(2)  twice per month for localities with 3,000 or more inhabitants.

For a return site put in place in a locality that is not accessible year-round by road or rail, the producer must collect redeemable containers at least twice per year.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 59; O.C. 1366-2023, s. 29.

2022-07-07

59. Not later than by the end of the twelfth month following 7 July 2022, if a producer and an authority referred to in the first paragraph of section 57 have still not succeeded in entering into a contract pursuant to section 57, the producer is required, within 3 months of that date, to install and finance return sites in the territory for which the authority is responsible, refund the deposits for redeemable containers, collect containers from the return sites, and transport, condition and, in the case of redeemable containers, reclaim them, in accordance with the following distribution:

(1)  for each locality with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants situated in a territory: at least one return point, accessible at least 24 hours per week over a minimum period of 4 days;

(2)  for each locality of 3,000 inhabitants or more situated in a territory: at least 2 return sites, including a return point, accessible at least 30 hours per week over a minimum period of 5 days.

The producer must, for each return site put in place and financed pursuant to the first paragraph, provide an enclosed space at the return site, sufficiently large to store all the redeemable containers returned until they are collected, and laid out in a way that prevents the harm caused by odours, vermin and wildlife.

The producer must also, for each return site put in place in a locality situated in a territory accessible year-round by road or rail, collect redeemable containers at the following minimum frequency:

(1)  once per month for localities with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants;

(2)  twice per month for localities with 3,000 or more inhabitants.

For a return site put in place in a locality that is not accessible year-round by road or rail, the producer must collect redeemable containers at least twice per year.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 59.

Not in force

In force: 2022-07-07

59. Not later than by the end of the twelfth month following 7 July 2022, if a producer and an authority referred to in the first paragraph of section 57 have still not succeeded in entering into a contract pursuant to section 57, the producer is required, within 3 months of that date, to install and finance return sites in the territory for which the authority is responsible, refund the deposits for redeemable containers, collect containers from the return sites, and transport, condition and, in the case of redeemable containers, reclaim them, in accordance with the following distribution:

(1)  for each locality with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants situated in a territory: at least one return point, accessible at least 24 hours per week over a minimum period of 4 days;

(2)  for each locality of 3,000 inhabitants or more situated in a territory: at least 2 return sites, including a return point, accessible at least 30 hours per week over a minimum period of 5 days.

The producer must, for each return site put in place and financed pursuant to the first paragraph, provide an enclosed space at the return site, sufficiently large to store all the redeemable containers returned until they are collected, and laid out in a way that prevents the harm caused by odours, vermin and wildlife.

The producer must also, for each return site put in place in a locality situated in a territory accessible year-round by road or rail, collect redeemable containers at the following minimum frequency:

(1)  once per month for localities with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants;

(2)  twice per month for localities with 3,000 or more inhabitants.

For a return site put in place in a locality that is not accessible year-round by road or rail, the producer must collect redeemable containers at least twice per year.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 59.