I have an ecofee/environmental handling charge on my bill. What is the money used for?
This is not a tax and none of this money will go to government. All of the money goes for a program what will create opportunities for consumers to take unwanted and left-over “household hazardous or special waste” to collection locations where they will be processed for reuse, recycling, or if needed, disposed of in an environmentally appropriate manner. It is the responsibility of the brand owners and first importers (called industry stewards) of the designated products to determine how their fees will be managed internally and ultimately how the fees will be reflected in their business costs. Stewards have options to manage the fees: some may absorb the fees as a business expense; others may pass the cost down the line to their retail customers. Retailers have choices, too, regarding how best to deal with these charges within their businesses. It means that some products may carry a fee and others may not. In other provinces with product stewardship programs where the fees are added
