Zurich Citizens News, 1978-05-04, Page 20Page 20 May 4, 1978
Industry has
commitment
Ontario's soft drink in-
dustry has made a commit•
ment to put 75 per cent of its
provincial pop sales in en-
vironmentally beneficial
refillable bottles by
December 31, 1979, Environ-
ment Minister George R.
McCague told the
Legislature today.
He explained that the
commitment by the industry
to a 75-25 ratio in favor of
pop in refillable bottles is
linked to adjustments made
to Ontario's program to con-
trol soft drink containers.
This includes a change in the
Province's previously -
announced ban on non-
refillable bottles.
A total ban on the sale of
soft drinks in non -refillable
bottles in Ontario was
scheduled to go into effect
on April 1, 1978.
Mr. McCague told the
Legislature today, he has
modified the regulation to
restore equity to the glass
industry.
While the 300 ml non-
refillable bottle will still be
banned as of April 1st, soft
drinks in the bar -size (200
ml) split and in two family
sizes (750 ml and 1.5 litres)
may be offered for sale in
non -refillable bottles.
Mr. McCague said the
amended regulation also
requires equal display space
for 300 ml refillable bottles
wherever soft drinks in cans
are sold. Similarly,
refillable family sizes of pop
must get equal display space
wherever these 750 ml
and/or 1.5 litre sizes of non-
refillable bottles are sold.
These changes are based
on the industry's commit-
ment to a 75-25 per cent ratio
for refillable versus non-
refillable sales, Mr.
McCague said. "My
Ministry will monitor in-
dustry records and perfor-
mance to ensure this ratio in
favor of refillable bottles is
met and maintained."
He added that, as part of
this voluntary program, the
industry will discontinue all
sales promotion activity for
carbonated soft drinks in
non -refillable containers, in-
cluding cans, and has
already launched a con-
sumer advertising campaign
to educate the public on the
benefits of refillable con-
tainers.
Ontario's soft drink con-
tainer program has resulted
in a significant increase in
the use of refillable bottles.
"It earned an estimated 60
per cent share of the market
during the last months of
1977 as compared to about 35
per cent during the same
period in 1975," said Mr.
McCague.
But two measures in On-
tario's original program in-
tended toconsolidate and im-
prove on these gains have
not gone ahead, he said —
the ban on all non -refillable
pop bottles and the proposed
five -cent tax on pop cans.
The tax was introduced in
the Legislature, but not ad-
vanced because of opposi-
tion.
He explained that the total
ban, on non -refillable
bottles, without the can tax,
would create an unfair dis-
advantage for a competitive
segment of the industry, the
glass container manufac-
turers.
Mr. McCague said the
modifications to the govern-
ment program, combined
with the industry's volun-
tary commitment, would
meet the government's .ob-
jective of reducing the
waste generated by soft
drink containers by in-
creasing the availability and
use of refillable money -back
bottles.
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