Ontario Abolishes Eco Fees On Household Products

October 13, 2010 · Posted in Business finance 
AHN News Staff

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Three months after the controversial fee was imposed on Ontario residents, the province on Tuesday announced the abolition of eco fees on household products. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty admitted that the levy failed to provide the right balance between the environment and consumer protection.

Ontario introduced the fees on July 1, the same day the province rolled out the harmonized sales tax. Unlike the HST, which was heavily publicized, the eco fee was not given any advance publicity. Ontarians were caught by surprise that their receipts had a levy on household products deemed to have the potential of polluting the environment.

The fee applied to some 9,000 products such as bleach, detergents, cleaning solutions, batteries, light bulks and devices with mercury. Ontario had suspended the fee pending a review, until McGuinty announced its scrapping.

Instead of charging consumers an eco fee, Ontario will now provide municipalities $8 million a year to help them deal with a wide range of consumer products that pollute the environment.

Ontario Environment Minister John Wilkinson added that environmental programs such as diversion, recycling and disposal of electronics, tires and households hazardous junk already in place before July 1 would be retained. To keep these products out of landfills, Wilkinson said Ontario will establish a team that will investigate incorrect or misleading fees charged by retailers and appoint a consumer representative on independent boards that provide waste diversion programs

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