Returnable Containers (Amendment) Act No. 59 of 2019
Made 2019-12-27 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Barbados
- Subjects
- Environment, Food and nutrition
- Keywords
- packaging/labelling, plastic, recycling/reuse, pollution control, beverages
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RETURNABLE CONTAINERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019-59 Arrangement of Sections Short title Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 395A Amendment of Cap. 395A Amendment of Schedule to Cap. 395A SCHEDULE 1. 2. 3. 4. 30th December, 2019 2019-59 BARBADOS I assent KENNETH R. HEWITT Acting Governor-General 27th December, 2019. 2019-59 An Act to amend the Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 395A to make provision for containers, a refund for those containers and other reusable and recyclable items. [Commencement: 30th December, 2019] ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows: RETURNABLE CONTAINERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019-59 3 http://barbadosparliament-laws.com/en/showdoc/cs/395A Short title This Act may be cited as the Returnable Containers (Amendment) Act, 2019. Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 395A Section 2 of the Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 395A, in this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended by deleting the definition “beverage container” and inserting in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following definition: “ “container” means a separate, sealed glass, metal, aluminium, steel or plastic bottle, can, jar, carton or other receptacle which may consist of other materials that are recyclable or reusable and is capable of holding 3.8 litres or less;”. Amendment of Cap. 395A The principal Act is amended by deleting the words “beverage container” wherever they appear and substituting the word “container”. Amendment of Schedule to Cap. 395A The principal Act is amended by deleting the Schedule thereto and substituting the Schedule contained in the Schedule to this Act. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4 RETURNABLE CONTAINERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019-59 http://barbadosparliament-laws.com/en/showdoc/cs/395A SCHEDULE (Section 4) “SCHEDULE (Section 7) Refund Value Container Refund Value Glass beverage bottle 15 cents Polyethylene Terepthalate (Pet Bottle) 10 cents High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) container under 1 litre 5 cents High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) container over 1 litre 10 cents Other glass container 5 cents Other non-glass container 5 cents Aluminium can 5 cents ”. RETURNABLE CONTAINERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019-59 5