Q-2, r. 16.1 - Regulation respecting the development, implementation and financial support of a deposit-refund system for certain containers

Section 68 Disposition versions

2022-07-07

68. In selecting a service provider, the producer must take into account

(1)  the ability of the service provider to meet the requirements determined by the producer for the transportation, sorting, conditioning or reclaiming of redeemable containers; and

(2)  the service provider’s business model and the impact of that model on the community;

(3)  the ability of the service provider, depending on the nature of the contract,

(a)  to sort and condition, locally, the redeemable containers that are recovered;

(b)  to contribute to the fight against climate change, considering for example the effort made by the service provider to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by selecting a conditioning process or a form of recovery that generates such a reduction or by selecting routes and modes of transportation to collect redeemable containers; and

(c)  to use the materials sent to it as a substitute for raw materials of a similar or different nature, except where the materials are used in a landfill for residual materials within the meaning of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 19), in a biological treatment centre, or for energy recovery.

The producer must, in selecting a service provider, facilitate participation by social economy enterprises within the meaning of section 3 of the Social Economy Act (chapter E-1.1.1).

O.C. 972-2022, s. 68.

Not in force

In force: 2022-07-07

68. In selecting a service provider, the producer must take into account

(1)  the ability of the service provider to meet the requirements determined by the producer for the transportation, sorting, conditioning or reclaiming of redeemable containers; and

(2)  the service provider’s business model and the impact of that model on the community;

(3)  the ability of the service provider, depending on the nature of the contract,

(a)  to sort and condition, locally, the redeemable containers that are recovered;

(b)  to contribute to the fight against climate change, considering for example the effort made by the service provider to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by selecting a conditioning process or a form of recovery that generates such a reduction or by selecting routes and modes of transportation to collect redeemable containers; and

(c)  to use the materials sent to it as a substitute for raw materials of a similar or different nature, except where the materials are used in a landfill for residual materials within the meaning of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 19), in a biological treatment centre, or for energy recovery.

The producer must, in selecting a service provider, facilitate participation by social economy enterprises within the meaning of section 3 of the Social Economy Act (chapter E-1.1.1).

O.C. 972-2022, s. 68.