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Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 395A.

Country/Territory
Barbados
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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