Dive summary:

• Ontario’s eco-fee program, which charged consumers for recycling certain products, was not reducing waste as hoped and instead created more controversy than it was worth, and now officials are proposing to scrap the program.
• Without the eco-fees, the price increase will be included in the shelf price and would refocus responsibility on the individual manufacturers.
• If the proposed Waste Reduction Act of 2013 passes, it will still take several years before all of the initiatives take full effect.

From the article:

If successful, the proposed Waste Reduction Strategy legislation would replace the Waste Diversion Act, 2002 and refocus Ontario’s attention towards individual producer responsibility.

Bradley said his strategy would see the full cost of a product — although presumably a higher one — reflected in its shelf price, and not as a surprise at the checkout counter.

Rob Cook, CEO of the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA), says parts of the new Waste Reduction Strategy legislation is based on his group’s recommendations in its ReThink Waste Report. ...