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      WINE
      BOTTLE
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      PROGRAMAPPROVED
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Charlottetown
      --
      Environment
      minister
      Gilbert
      R.
     
     
      Clements
      announced
      a
      new
      element
      in
      the
      province’s
     
     
      waste
      reduction
      program
      -
      A
      deposit/refund
      and
     
     
      recycling
      program
      for
      liquor
      and
      wine
      bottles.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      program,
      which
      will
      begin
      on
      April
      1,
      1992,
      was
     
     
      developed
      in
      co-operation
      with
      the
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island
      liquor
      control
      commission.
      A
      20
      cent
      deposit
     
     
      will
      be
      charged
      at
      time
      of
      sale
      on
      all
      liquor
      and
      wine
     
     
      bottles
      over
      500
      ml.
      On
      bottles
      500
      ml
      and
      smaller,
     
     
      the
      deposit
      will
      be
      10
      cents.
      Refunds
      will
      be
      10
      and
     
     
      5
      cents
      respectively.
      These
      bottles
      can
      be
      returned
      to
     
     
      any
      liquor
      control
      commission
      outlet
      province-wide;
     
     
      however,
      beer
      bottle
      returns
      will
      continue
      with
      the
     
     
      private
      bottle
      exchanges.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*l
      am
      very
      pleased
      with
      the
      co-operative
      effort
      be-
     
     
      tween
      my
      staff
      and
      the
      liquor
      control
      commission
      in
     
     
      developing
      this
      program
      which
      will
      remove
      900
     
     
      tonnes
      of
      glass
      and
      plastic
      annually
      from
      the
      prov-
     
     
      ince’s
      waste
      stream
      and
      reduce
      litter
      on
      roadsides
      and
     
     
      _
      in
      municipalities,’’
      Mr.
      Clements
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      thinks
      we
      should
      promote
      a
      name
      for
      the
     
     
      dining
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      area.
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      How
      does
      “Redroom”
      sound?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Keith
      Milligan,
      Minister
      responsible
      for
      the
      liquor
     
     
      control
      commission,
      explained
      negotiations
      are
     
     
      underway
      with
      recyclers
      to
      handle
      all
      returned
      glass
     
     
      and
      plastic
      containers.
      The
      differance
      between
      de-
     
     
      posit
      and
      refund
      will
      cover
      commission
      expenses
      for
     
     
      the
      program.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      liquor
      control
      commis-
     
     
      sion
      will
      be
      implementing
      other
      waste
      reduction
     
     
      measures
      over
      the
      next
      year
      including
      recycling
      of
     
     
      cardboard
      and
      other
      packaging
      materials’’,
      Mr.
     
     
      Milligan
      stated.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      second
      component
      to
      the
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
     
      program
      will
      require
      all
      low-alcohol
      beer
      bottles
      be
      in
     
     
      refillable
      containers
      after
      April
      1,
      1992.
      Mr.
     
     
      Milligan
      also
      stated
      he
      will
      propose
      an
      amendment
      to
     
     
      the
      liquor
      control
      act
      at
      the
      next
      sitting
      of
      the
      legisla-
     
     
      ture
      to
      require
      low-alcohol
      beverages
      to
      be
      sold
      only
     
     
      through
      liquor
      control
      commission
      outlets.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      16,
      1992
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