WHEREAS ready-to-serve milk containers are not included in the depositreturn system Beverage Container Stewardship Program Regulation; AND WHEREAS the exception of ready-to-serve milk containers is inconsistent with the Provinces stewardship principle and plans in the British Columbia Industry Stewardship Business Plan: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that ready-to-serve milk containers be included in the provincial beverage container depositreturn system.
MINISTRY OF WATER, LAND AND AIR PROTECTION Given the willingness of the dairy industry to assume responsibility for its containers and develop a voluntary stewardship plan consistent with the ministrys principles, the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection believes it is premature to remove the exemption in the regulation. The ministry will monitor the BC Dairy Councils progress and reconsider the need for the exemption during a review of the beverage container program in about two years, as part of the review and approval of revised stewardship plans submitted by the three existing stewards under regulation.