Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 395A. Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1986 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the control of the sale of beverages in beverage containers, the payment of a deposit on beverage containers, a refund for the return of those containers and the final disposal of unused or usable containers. Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition Keyword Business/industry/corporations Recycling/reuse Authorization/permit Beverages Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act underlines that a distributor or dealer must obtain a permit from the Minister responsible for the Environment to sell at wholesale or retail beverages in sealed glass, metal, aluminium, steel or plastic bottles or cans less than one gallon in size. Moreover, a distributor or dealer shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act by the Minister in case such distributor or dealer has in place an adequate system for the recycling of beverage containers. Any entity that sells beverages for use off-site in containers covered by this Act must accept any qualifying empty container and provide the refund value. If beverage containers returned to the distributor are unusable or unused, they must be disposed of in accordance with Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Refuse) Regulations, 1975. Full text English Website www.barbadosparliament.com References - Legislation Amended by Returnable Containers (Amendment) Act No. 59 of 2019. Legislation | Barbados | 2019 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Beverages Source: FAO, FAOLEX