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The Ontario Deposit Return Program (ODRP), also simply known as Bag it Back, is a regulation of the province of Ontario, Canada in 2007. Its purpose is to divert recyclable materials from landfill or low-quality recycling uses by charging a fee for each alcoholic beverage container sold in the province, and processing the material for re-use or other recycling activities once the containers are returned for a refund of the deposit fee. Customers forfeit the deposit fee if the container is not returned. The regulation took effect on 5 February 2007, and applies to manufacturers, wineries, and government stores licensed to sell alcohol under the Liquor Licence Act, but excludes the Brewers Retail Inc. packaging return system.〔 The concept had been debated before, and was proposed in a summary report of the Ministry of the Environment from a public consultation about the ministry's intention to divert 60% of waste from landfill to recycling and composting by 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 SUMMARY REPORT: CONSULTATION SESSIONS ON ACHIEVING ONTARIO'S 60% WASTE DIVERSION GOAL ) 〕 == Description == Under the program, a mandatory fee is collected at the point of sale of alcoholic beverages, based on their containers, as follows:〔 *10 cents for glass containers, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Tetra Pak (polycoat) and Bag-in-a-Box of volumetric capacity up to 630 mL, and aluminium or steel cans less than or equal to 1 L. *20 cents for glass containers, polyethylene terephthalate, Tetra Pak and Bag-in-a-Box of volumetric capacity over 630 mL, and aluminium or steel cans over 1 L. Exemptions to those include containers with a capacity of less than 100 mL, those purchased at U-Vint, U-Brew, and duty-free shops,〔 and those purchased before 5 February 2007.〔 Points of sale include all Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) retail outlets, LCBO Agency Stores and The Beer Store Retail Partners, and Ontario winery and distillery stores.〔 Approximately "360 million containers are eligible for recycling through the ''Bag it Back'' program". Restitution for the deposit is made to the customer once the container is returned to The Beer Store,〔 which manages the collection, processing and recycling of the containers on behalf of the province, or to an LCBO Agency store, an empty bottle dealer in rural communities, or a commercial return depot.〔 The Beer Store signed a five-year contract with the Government of Ontario to manage the program at the program's inception, partly because "it already runs an efficient bottle-return program for beer bottles".〔 For this, it receives 10 cents from the government per empty container collected. Its first year of operation was expected to cost the province $15 million, anticipating approximately 150 million containers would be returned.〔〔 Previously, the province paid $5 million a year to Waste Diversion Ontario for glass reclamation from municipal Blue box programs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ontario Deposit Return Program」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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