Q-2, r. 41 - Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of discarded paint containers and paints

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2012-09-01

SCHEDULE

(s. 3)

The recovery system referred to in section 3 must be established in a way that offers a recovery service to the residents of each metropolitan community or regional county municipality located south of the 51st parallel, excluding unorganized territories, in which the business or supplier markets paints.

The recovery system must include collection points where paint containers of the same type as those marketed by the business or supplier subject to this Regulation may be returned free of charge as well as any paint they may contain.

The minimum number of collection points that must be included in the recovery system as well as their category and their location are determined according to the option chosen by the business or supplier in question.

The categories of collection points for a recovery system are the following:

Category A: each collection point must have a permanent depot, accessible year round during business hours and for a period of at least 24 hours per week in which at least 6 of those hours are during the weekend.

Category B: each collection point must have a permanent depot or a mobile unit, accessible at least 10 days a year for at least 8 hours a day, including at least 1 day each season and at least half of those days must be a Saturday or a Sunday.

OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO A BUSINESS OR SUPPLIER

(number, category and location of collection points)

Option 1

For each sales point in a local municipality that sells paints under a trademark which is owned or used by a business or supplier in question, there must be at least one collection point located in the territory of the municipality. The category and the location of the collection points are determined according to the number of residents in the local municipality in question, in accordance with the requirements set out in the following table.

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Local municipalities      Category and location of 
(population)              collection points
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<15,000                   1 category A or B 
                          collection point located at 
                          each of the sales points or 
                          less than 20 km, by a road 
                          open year-round, from each
                          of the sales points.
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≥15,000                   1 category A collection
                          point located at each of the
                          sales points or less than 
                          10 km, by a road open 
                          year-round, from each of the
                          sales points.
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Option 2

For each local municipality belonging to a metropolitan community or a regional county municipality for which a recovery system must be established, the number and category of collection points are determined according to the number of residents in the local municipality in question, in accordance with the requirements set out in the following table.

The collection points must be located in the territory of the local municipality except for those whose population is less than 5,000 residents; in such a case, the collection point may or may not be located in the territory of the local municipality, provided that it is located less than 50 km, by a road open year-round, from the town hall of that municipality.

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Local municipalities      Number and categories
(population)              of collection points
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≥100 and <5,000           1 Category A or B
                          collection point
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≥5,000 and <15,000        1 Category B
                          collection point
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≥15,000 and <30,000       1 Category A collection
                          point
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≥30,000 and <60,000       1 Category A collection
                          point and 1 Category B
                          collection point
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≥60,000                   2 Category A collection
                          points and:
                          - 1 Category A collection
                          point for every additional
                          40,000 residents or part
                          thereof, up to a total of
                          20 collection points; or
                          - 1 Category B collection
                          point for every additional
                          20,000 residents or part
                          thereof, up to a total of 30
                          collection points
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O.C. 655-2000, Sch.